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French Code of civil procedureIn force
Paragraph 3: Determining the mode and timetable of the investigation.

Article 227

If the judge assigned within the court does not belong to the trial panel, the decision ordering the enquiry may simply state the time limit within which it must be carried out. In the event of anothe…

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French Code of civil procedureIn force
Paragraph 3: Determining the mode and timetable of the investigation.

Article 225

The decision ordering the enquiry shall specify whether it will take place before the trial panel, before a member of that panel or, if necessary, before any other judge of the court.

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 3: Supervision of the activities of officers and agents of the judicial police

Article 226

Once the matter has been referred to it, the investigating chamber conducts an investigation; it hears the public prosecutor and the judicial police officer or agent in question. The latter must first…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 3: Supervision of the activities of officers and agents of the judicial police

Article 224

The investigating chamber exercises control over the activities of civil servants and military officers and agents of the judicial police, taken in this capacity.

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 3: Supervision of the activities of officers and agents of the judicial police

Article 229

Decisions taken by the Investigating Chamber against judicial police officers or agents shall be notified, at the instigation of the Public Prosecutor, to the authorities to which they report.

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 3: Supervision of the activities of officers and agents of the judicial police

Article 228

If the Investigating Chamber considers that the judicial police officer or agent has committed an offence under criminal law, it shall also order that the case file be forwarded to the Public Prosecut…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 3: Supervision of the activities of officers and agents of the judicial police

Article 227

The investigating chamber may, without prejudice to any disciplinary sanctions that may be imposed on the judicial police officer or agent by his hierarchical superiors, address observations to him or…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 3: Supervision of the activities of officers and agents of the judicial police

Article 225

The matter is referred to it either by the public prosecutor or by its chairman.It may be referred to it of its own motion when examining the proceedings referred to it.

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French Civil CodeIn force
Book IV: Securities

Article 2287

The provisions of this Book shall not prevent the application of the rules laid down in the event of the opening of safeguard, legal redress or legal liquidation proceedings or in the event of the ope…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Chapter I: Cases of divorce

Article 229

The spouses may mutually consent to their divorce by deed under private signature countersigned by lawyers, filed with the minutes of a notary. Divorce may be granted in the event of:-either mutual co…

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