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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 3: Monitoring and evaluation of prisons

Article D232

When visiting prisons, the magistrates mentioned in articles D. 131-2, D. 131-3 and D. 131-4 of the Penitentiary Code have access to detention and, where appropriate, interview detainees, under the co…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Chapter VIII: Health of prisoners

Article D360

In accordance with the provisions of articles R. 322-5 and D. 215-13 of the French Prison Code, the transfer to a more appropriate prison of remand prisoners who do not benefit, in the prison where th…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Chapter I: Judicial police

Article D4

The magistrate shall call upon judicial police officers from the National Directorate of the Judicial Police or the National Directorate of the Border Police or the Sub-Directorate of the Judicial Pol…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Chapter I: Judicial police

Article D3

As soon as he is informed of a crime or flagrant offence, the local judicial police officer notifies the public prosecutor and, within the framework of the regulations specific to each corps or servic…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Chapter I: Judicial police

Article D8

Within the framework of the legislative and regulatory texts or interministerial agreements in force:1°The national police and the national gendarmerie shall endeavour to organise and implement the co…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Chapter I: Judicial police

Article D2

Within the jurisdiction of each court of appeal, judicial police officers are equal before the law in prerogative and responsibility; they are placed under the supervision of the public prosecutor and…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Chapter I: Judicial police

Article D6

When they are required, either for the execution of a letter rogatory or as part of a preliminary or flagrante delicto investigation, to carry out an investigative act likely to result in a disturbanc…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Chapter I: Judicial police

Article D7

The officers and agents of the judicial police ensure that the state of the scene is preserved and that traces and evidence are preserved until the technical and forensic operations are carried out. U…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Chapter I: Judicial police

Article D5

When participating in the same investigation, officers or agents of the national police and the national gendarmerie constantly collaborate in the interests of justice. They pool their skills, their a…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Chapter II: The Examining Magistrate's Chamber: second instance examining magistrate's court

Article D43

The number and days of hearings of the investigating chamber are fixed at the end of each judicial year for the following judicial year by a joint decision of the first president and the public prosec…

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