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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Chapter I: Judicial police

Article D8-4

The authorisations provided for in I of article 15-4 are issued by the line manager mentioned in article D. 8-3 to which the department or unit to which the officer is assigned or temporarily seconded…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Chapter I: Judicial police

Article D8-3

The line managers likely to issue the authorisations mentioned in I of article 15-4 are: 1° For the national police, the directors of the territorial services of the national police, the directors of…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Chapter I: Judicial police

Article D8-5

The authorisations provided for in I of Article 15-4 are issued to customs officers authorised to carry out judicial investigations pursuant to article 28-1 by the magistrate delegated to the judicial…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 1: General provisions

Article D31-4

When it relates to a crime, a civil party complaint may only be lodged with an investigating judge of the judicial court within which there is an investigating division. However, where a civil party c…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 1: General provisions

Article D29

The President may designate one of the Vice-Presidents or judges of the court to replace him in the exercise of the functions provided for in Article D. 28, one of the vice-presidents or judges of the…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 1: General provisions

Article D15-8

Copies in digital format delivered to lawyers pursuant to the provisions of article 114 may be sent electronically. If the size of the document does not allow it to be sent in this way, it shall be de…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 1: General provisions

Article D27

The examining magistrate in charge of a new investigation or called upon to replace his colleague in the event of impediment or change of post, is designated under the following conditions.

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 1: General provisions

Article D31-3

…l party status is lodged by a lawyer, it may be sent to the investigating judge by electronic means of communication in accordance with the procedures set out in Article D. 591, where the provisions o…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 1: General provisions

Article D30

The president of the court may draw up a rota designating the investigating judges provisionally responsible for information that may arise at night, on Sundays and public holidays.The final appointme…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 1: General provisions

Article D31

The provisions of this paragraph shall not apply:1° Where there is only one examining magistrate;2° Where there is an investigation involving an accused under the age of eighteen and there is only one…

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