Article 8
Public action for misdemeanours shall be barred after six years from the day on which the offence was committed. Public prosecution for the offences mentioned in article 706-47 of this code, when comm…
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Public action for misdemeanours shall be barred after six years from the day on which the offence was committed. Public prosecution for the offences mentioned in article 706-47 of this code, when comm…
I.-The investigating judge may only inform by virtue of an indictment issued by the public prosecutor. The indictment may be made against a named or unnamed person. When facts, not covered by the indi…
The examining magistrate orders the complaint to be forwarded to the public prosecutor so that the latter can make his recommendations. The public prosecutor may ask the examining magistrate for a fur…
Constitution de partie civile may take place at any time during the investigation. It may be contested by the public prosecutor or by a party. In the event of a challenge, or if he declares the civil…
The investigating judge shall, in accordance with the law, carry out all acts of information that he or she deems useful for ascertaining the truth. A copy of these acts as well as of all the document…
In his opening submissions, and at any time during the investigation by supplementary submissions, the public prosecutor may request the investigating magistrate to perform any acts that he deems usef…
Where there are several investigating judges in a court, the president of the court or, if he is unable to act, the magistrate who replaces him, shall designate, for each information, the judge who wi…
Any civil party must declare to the investigating judge an address which must be located, if the information takes place in metropolitan France, in a metropolitan department or, if the information tak…
The investigating judge issues an order confirming that the complaint has been lodged. Depending on the resources of the civil party, he shall set the amount of the deposit that the latter must, if he…
Subject to the application of articles 657 and 663, the removal of the investigating judge in favour of another investigating judge may be requested from the president of the court, in the interests o…
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