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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Title VIII: Criminal records

Article 775-1

The court which passes sentence may expressly exclude its mention in bulletin No. 2 either in the sentencing judgment, or by judgment passed subsequently on the application of the convicted person inv…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Chapter II: Organisation of the agency

Article 706-163

The agency's resources comprise:1° Subsidies, advances and other contributions from the State and its public establishments, the European Union, local authorities, their groupings and their public est…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Obligations of directors and shareholders of market undertakings

Article L421-7-5

The corporate bodies of a market undertaking made up of the persons referred to in Article L. 421-7: 1° Define and supervise the implementation of a system of governance that guarantees the efficient…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Title VII: Residence ban

Article 762-1

A person sentenced to a residence ban pursuant to article 131-31 du code pénal may be subjected by the sentencing decision to one or more of the following supervision measures: 1° Report periodically…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Chapter I: Provisions applicable before the Examining Magistrate and the Examining Chamber

Article 706-120

When, at the time of the settlement of his information, the investigating judge considers, after having established that there are sufficient charges against the person under investigation for having…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Title XXXIII: Procedure applicable in the event of a collective accident

Article 706-176

The territorial jurisdiction of a judicial court may be extended to the jurisdiction of one or more courts of appeal for the investigation, prosecution, hearing and judgment of the offences provided f…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Title VIIa: Socio-judicial supervision

Article 763-1

A person sentenced to socio-judicial supervision in accordance with the terms of articles 131-36-1 to 131-36-8 of the Penal Code is placed under the control of the sentence enforcement judge in whose…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Chapter III: Security measures that may be ordered in the event of a declaration of lack of criminal responsibility on grounds of mental disorder or in the event of recognition of impairment of judgement

Article 706-137

The person who is the subject of a measure ordered pursuant to articles 706-136 or 706-136-1 may ask the liberty and custody judge in the place where the hospital is located or where they live to orde…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Chapter III: Provisions common to all prisons

Article 727-1

In accordance with the dispositions de l'article L. 223-2 du code pénitentiaire, le procureur de la République est immédiatement avisé de la découverte, au sein d'un établissement pénitentiaire ou d'u…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Title VII ter: Placement under mobile electronic surveillance as a security measure

Article 763-10

At least one year before his or her scheduled release date, a person sentenced to placement under mobile electronic surveillance pursuant to the articles 131-36-9 to 131-36-12 of the Penal Code shall…

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