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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Chapter I: Criminal court

Article D45-18

In the event of the case being dropped or in the cases provided for in the second paragraph of article D. 45-17, a specific form is sent to the person to enable them to be reimbursed for their deposit…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Chapter I: The investigating judge: court of first instance

Article D32

Where, following an investigation initiated on the basis of a civil party's complaint, a decision to dismiss the case has been handed down, the person under investigation and any person referred to in…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Chapter II: General conditions of detention

Article D74

…ry provisions of Subsection 1 of Section 3 of Chapter I of Title I of Book II of the Penitentiary Code determine the conditions under which a convicted person is subject to a referral procedure and th…

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French Public procurement codeIn force
Section 1: General provisions

Article D2651-2

Subject to the adaptations provided for in this Title, the following provisions shall apply in the Wallis and Futuna Islands to public contracts concluded by the State or its public establishments, su…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Chapter III: Courts for the enforcement of sentences

Article D49-71

The public prosecutor or the public prosecutor, when enforcing a prison sentence in the case provided for by the second and third paragraphs of Article 723-15-2 and by article 723-16, may inform the v…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Title XI: The prison integration and probation service

Article D577

The sentence enforcement judge, the public prosecutor and the other instructing magistrates communicate, where appropriate, for each case referred to the service, specific instructions relating to the…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Title XI: The prison integration and probation service

Article D576

Within each court, the sentence enforcement judge, the public prosecutor and the other instructing magistrates determine the general guidelines for the execution of measures entrusted to the prison in…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
CHAPTER IV : Provisions applicable to the communes of Mayotte

Article D2564-18

…the repayment of all or part of the grant in the following cases: a) If the allocation of the subsidised investment has been modified without his authorisation before the expiry of the period set in…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Chapter I: Judicial police

Article D15

The provisions of the last paragraph of Article 28 providing for the oath not to be renewed in the event of a change of posting are applicable to all persons carrying out judicial police duties, regar…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Title XI: The prison integration and probation service

Article D572

The tasks and organisation of the penitentiary integration and probation services are determined by the provisions of the penitentiary code.

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