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Showing 16711680 of 55956 articles for Art. Decree 2012-118 of 30 January 2012

French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Chapter I: Reduction of the fine for voluntary payment

Article R55-4

In the event of an adversarial decision handed down in the presence of the convicted person or his representative, the latter will be given, at the end of the hearing, if he so requests, a statement o…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Chapter I: Reduction of the fine for voluntary payment

Article R55-6

If an appeal is lodged against the decision giving rise to the dispatch of the statement of conviction in accordance with the provisions of Article R. 55-5, the chief clerk shall give notice thereof t…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Chapter II: Tariff of charges

Article R96

The requisition, either to the railway company or to the valet, must be drawn up in two copies, one of which is given to the clerk responsible for settling the costs of the proceedings and the other t…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Chapter II: Tariff of charges

Article R104

Where, in accordance with the provisions of the Code of Criminal Procedure on forgery and in the cases provided for in particular in articles 642 and 645, documents alleged to be forged or comparison…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Chapter II: Tariff of charges

Article R97

…national police or national gendarmerie vehicles, a mileage allowance, set each year by joint order of the Minister of Justice and the Minister responsible for the budget, is awarded in respect of eac…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Chapter II: Tariff of charges

Article R101

Proceedings and exhibits shall be entrusted to the members of the escort.If, in this case, exceptional expenses have had to be advanced by the members of the escort, they shall, in order to obtain rei…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Chapter II: Tariff of charges

Article R103

The expenses that the members of the escort are obliged to incur en route shall be reimbursed to them as criminal, correctional and police court costs on the basis of their detailed memoranda, to whic…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Chapter II: Tariff of charges

Article R95

Transport by rail must, unless there are exceptional circumstances, be in a 2nd class reserved compartment.

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter Ia: Harm reduction

Article R3411-20

State financial aid is calculated by applying a unit amount to the quantity of equipment sold, determined in such a way that it does not exceed what is necessary to cover the net costs incurred in pla…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Chapter II: Judicial police files

Article R40-38

The wanted persons file referred to in article 230-19 is governed by decree no. 2010-569 of 28 May 2010.

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