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Showing 251260 of 49367 articles for Art. Cass. com. 6 June 1990 · Cass. com. 3 June 2014 · Cass. 1re civ. 8 January 2002

French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Chapter I: Flagrant crimes and offences

Article 61-3

…part in these operations, a lawyer may also assist him under the conditions provided for in article 61-2.

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Chapter I: Flagrant crimes and offences

Article 60-3

…d on one of the lists provided for in article 157 or who has sworn the oath provided for in Article 60 to open the seals in order to make one or more copies of this data or to carry out the technical…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Chapter VIII: Default in criminal matters

Article 379-6

The provisions of this chapter shall apply to persons remanded for related offences. The court may, however, on the application of the public prosecutor and after hearing the observations of the parti…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 1: General provisions

Article 380-6

…he may also request the application of the provisions of this paragraph, as well as that of article 375.

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French Code of civil procedureIn force
Subsection II: Service of documents from abroad.

Article 688-3

Where service is effected by the Public Prosecutor, it shall be effected by simple delivery and free of charge, against a receipt attesting to the date and conditions of delivery..

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Chapter III: Procedure before the Court of Revision and Reconsideration

Article 624-3

If the bench of the Court of Revision and Reconsideration considers that the case is not ready for hearing, it shall order that additional information be provided by one or more of its members for the…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Title II: Forgery

Article 647-3

The defendant must reply, within fifteen days, whether or not he intends to make use of the document alleged to be false.This declaration shall be served on the plaintiff.

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Sub-title II: Courts with jurisdiction to prosecute, investigate and try crimes against humanity and war crimes and offences

Article 628-3

…the acts referred to him do not constitute one of the offences falling within the scope of Article 628 and do not fall within its jurisdiction in any other respect, this magistrate declares that he h…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 2: Joint investigation teams

Article 695-3

Within the framework of the joint investigation team, French judicial police officers and agents seconded to a joint investigation team may carry out operations prescribed by the team leader, througho…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 4: Effects of extradition

Article 696-39

A surrendered person shall be deemed to be unreservedly subject to the laws of the requesting State, by reason of any act prior to the extradition and different from the offence for which the extradit…

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