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

Article R50-49

Where the person concerned is a minor, the proof of address or the declaration of a change of address is made by his legal representatives or the persons to whom his custody has been entrusted in acco…

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

Article R57-4

…convicted offender under his supervision, the enforcement judge is notified by the public prosecutor. He will provide this magistrate with any information he deems useful regarding the behaviour of t…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Title XXIV - GEOLOCALISATION

Article R53-40

…y he considers that the conditions provided for by the provisions of that same paragraph have been met. It includes a list of the documents that the investigating judge requests to be placed in the fi…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 2: Procedure

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
Section 7: Persons subject to more than one detention order

Article R249-40

…nder article 803-8. However, if the liberty and custody judge, after noting that the conditions of detention are contrary to the applicant's dignity, decides to end the pre-trial detention pursuant to…

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

Article R249-4

…he public action, unless the state of the case does not allow the amount of the compensation to be determined. In criminal cases, this decision is given by the court ruling without the assistance of j…

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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 Labour CodeIn force
Chapter VII: Criminal provisions

Article R1227-4

Failure to provide the information specified in articles D. 1221-30 and D. 1221-31, relating to the monthly statement of employment contracts, is punishable by a fourth-class fine.

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Recipient organisation

Article R1221-4

The pre-recruitment declaration must be sent at the earliest eight days before the foreseeable date of recruitment.

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 1: Reimbursement of unemployment benefit

Article R1235-4

The debtor may lodge an objection within fifteen days of notification of the constraint with the clerk of the court in whose jurisdiction the debtor's registered office is located, if the debtor is a…

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