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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 2: Infiltration

Article 706-87

No conviction may be handed down solely on the basis of statements made by judicial police officers or agents who have carried out an undercover operation. The provisions of this article shall not, ho…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Chapter I: Provisions applicable before the Examining Magistrate and the Examining Chamber

Article 706-123

…the acts of which he is accused, the investigating chamber declares that there are no grounds to proceed.

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 8: Common provisions

Article 706-105

…rse of the investigation, the provisions of articles 706-80 to 706-95, a person who has been in police custody six months previously and who has not been prosecuted may ask the public prosecutor in wh…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Title XXVII: Prosecution, investigation and trial of offences committed by protected adults

Article 706-112

This Title applies to any person of full age who is established in the course of the proceedings to be the subject of a legal protection measure under the conditions laid down in Title XI of Book I of…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Chapter I: Provisions applicable before the Examining Magistrate and the Examining Chamber

Article 706-121

…udicial supervision, which continues until the hearing of the investigating chamber, without prejudice to the possibility for the investigating judge, by separate order, to order release or the liftin…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Chapter I: Pollution of maritime waters by discharges from ships

Article 706-110

…public prosecutor at a judicial court other than those referred to in Article 706-107 may, for offences falling within the scope of this article, request the investigating judge to relinquish jurisdic…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 2: Infiltration

Article 706-86

The judicial police officer under whose responsibility the undercover operation takes place may alone be heard as a witness on the operation. However, if the report referred to in the third paragraph…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Chapter I: Provisions applicable before the Examining Magistrate and the Examining Chamber

Article 706-120

…strate, at the time of the settlement of his investigation, considers that the temporary loss of discernment of the person under investigation is at least partly due to his own actions and that there…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 4: Searches

Article 706-93

…ot, on pain of nullity, have any purpose other than the investigation and establishment of the offences referred to in the decision of the liberty and custody judge or investigating judge. The fact th…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 4: Searches

Article 706-89

If the requirements of the flagrante investigation relating to one of the offences falling within the scope of Articles 706-73 and 706-73-1 so require, the liberty and custody judge of the judicial co…

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