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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Paragraph 4: Creation of security interests

Article R24

Under Article 138, the investigating judge may order the person under investigation to set up, within a period that he or she determines, one or more personal or real sureties intended to guarantee th…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Paragraph 5: Placement in an anti-seizure bracelet

Article R24-21

The distances mentioned in article R. 24-18 are brought to the attention of the protected person, who is given a remote protection device. The protected person is also informed that, if necessary, the…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 1: List of ad hoc administrators

Article R53-3

Applications for registration are addressed to the public prosecutor at the judicial court within whose jurisdiction the candidate resides. The public prosecutor examines the applications. He obtains…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Chapter VI: Criminal records

Article R300

Article R. 75 shall read as follows: "Art. R. 75.-When a court has handed down a decision against a French national that entails the deprivation of electoral rights, the court clerk shall draw up on a…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 1: Jurisdiction and procedures for bringing cases before the court

Article R249-17

The liberty and custody judge with jurisdiction to hear the appeal lodged on the basis of the article 803-8 by a person placed in pre-trial detention or extradition custody is that of the judicial cou…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 2: The decision on the admissibility of the application and the examination of the conditions of detention

Article R249-23

If the judge deems the application to be admissible, he or she will immediately communicate the admissibility order, by electronic means if necessary, to the head of the prison, asking him or her to f…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 7: Persons subject to more than one detention order

Article R249-41

If the person remanded in custody is the subject of several detention warrants issued by liberty and custody judges from different judicial courts, only the judge from the court whose seat is closest…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Title I: The Assize Court

Article D45-1

The accused's lawyer is notified by any means of the date of the examination at least five working days before it takes place. When the accused's lawyer is present at the examination and the Assize Co…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Sub-paragraph 3: Investment rules.

Article R214-32-40

I. - A general purpose investment fund may not borrow.It may, however, acquire foreign currency by means of cross-currency loans.II. - By way of derogation from I, a general-purpose investment fund ma…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Sub-paragraph 4: Rules applicable to the assignment and recovery of receivables and the preservation of assets.

Article D214-227-1

The instrument of acceptance provided for in the fourth paragraph of 3° of V of Article L. 214-169 shall include the following information: 1° The title "instrument of acceptance of the assignment or…

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