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Showing 4411–4420 of 25376 articles for “Art. Cass. com. – 7 Oct. 1997 – JurisData 1997-003951”

French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Title XXI bis: Protection of persons benefiting from exemptions or reductions in penalties for having prevented the commission of offences, for having stopped or mitigated the damage caused by an offence, or for having identified the perpetrators or accomplices of offences

Article 706-63-2

…or at the request of persons using an assumed identity pursuant to the second paragraph of Article 706-63-1, order them to be held in camera or to appear under conditions that preserve the anonymity…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Chapter II: The automated national judicial database for perpetrators of sexual or violent offences

Article 706-53-12

The terms and conditions of application of the provisions of this chapter shall be determined by decree in the Council of State issued after consultation of the Commission nationale de l'informatique…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Chapter III: Security detention and surveillance

Article 706-53-20

The provisions of this chapter do not apply to a person who has been released on parole, unless this measure has been revoked. When security detention is ordered in respect of a person who has been se…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Chapter III: Security detention and surveillance

Article 706-53-21

Security detention and security surveillance are suspended by any detention that occurs during their execution. If the detention exceeds a period of six months, the resumption of secure detention or s…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Title XVII: Prosecution, investigation and judgment of offences relating to trafficking in human beings, procuring or the use of prostitution of minors

Article 706-40-1

…y be subject as necessary to the protection intended to ensure their safety provided for in Article 706-63-1 of this code. The first paragraph of this article also applies to the family members and cl…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Chapter II: The automated national judicial database for perpetrators of sexual or violent offences

Article 706-53-9

…n concerning them contained in the file. The provisions of the third to fifth paragraphs of Article 777-2 shall then apply.

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Chapter III: Security detention and surveillance

Article 706-53-18

The regional court for secure detention shall automatically order that secure detention be immediately terminated if the conditions set out in Article

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Chapter III: Security detention and surveillance

Article 706-53-22

…e list of appeal courts in which the regional courts provided for in the first paragraph of Article 706-53-15 and their territorial jurisdiction are set by order of the Minister of Justice.

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Chapter I: General provisions

Article 706-47-2

…d rape, sexual assault or sexual molestation as provided for in the articles 222-23 to 222-26 and 227-25 to 227-27 of the Penal Code, to a medical examination and blood test to determine whether that…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Chapter III: Security detention and surveillance

Article 706-53-16

…idisciplinary commission on security measures, in accordance with the procedures set out in article 706-53-15 and for the same period, provided that the conditions set out in Article 706-53-14 are sti…

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