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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 3: Obligations incumbent on the person entered in the file

Article R50-49

…l representatives or the persons to whom his custody has been entrusted in accordance with the procedures described in the articles of this section.

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Chapter II: Enforcement of sentences.

Article R57-4

In the event of a new prosecution being brought against a convicted offender under his supervision, the enforcement judge is notified by the public prosecutor. He will provide this magistrate with any…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Title XXIV - GEOLOCALISATION

Article R53-40

…ed in the file separate from the case file. An investigators' report justifying the use of the procedure provided for in Article 230-40 may also be attached to the request. The investigating judge sen…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 2: Procedure

Article R55-4

…f he so requests, a statement of criminal conviction enabling him to voluntarily pay the fixed procedural fees and, if applicable, the fine within one month to the accounting officer of the Directorat…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Title XXX: Agency for the management and recovery of seized and confiscated assets

Article R54-4

…rector General, assisted by the Secretary General, is responsible for the management and general conduct of the agency. He represents it in legal proceedings and in all civil acts. He is the authorisi…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Chapter V: Compensation in the event of dismissal, discharge or acquittal

Article R249-4

The decision ruling on the claim for compensation is given by the court at the same time as the decision ruling on the public action, unless the state of the case does not allow the amount of the comp…

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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
Chapter II: The Public Prosecutor's Office

Article D15-4

The minutes of the acts carried out in execution of requisitions made pursuant to the third paragraph of Article 41 shall be returned directly to the instructing public prosecutor. When the case is re…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 9: The fixed fine procedure applicable to certain offences

Article D45-4

…oned in the electronic report drawn up in accordance with article D. 45-3. When the fixed fine procedure is applied to the offence of driving without insurance, provided for in article L. 324-2 of the…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Loan categories

Article L754-4

The provisions of the articles mentioned in the left-hand column of the following table shall apply in the Wallis and Futuna Islands, in the wording indicated in the right-hand column of the same tabl…

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