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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 3: Powers of the public prosecutor

Article 40-1

When he considers that the facts brought to his attention pursuant to the provisions of Article 40 constitute an offence committed by a person whose identity and domicile are known and for whom no leg…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 2: Judicial police officers

Article 16-3

…s given in chambers. The debate is oral; the claimant may be heard in person at his request or that of his counsel; he may be assisted by his counsel. The procedure before the commission is laid down…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 3: Powers of the public prosecutor

Article 41-1

…ure compensation for the damage caused to the victim, put an end to the disorder resulting from the offence or contribute to the rehabilitation of the perpetrator, the public prosecutor may, prior to…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Paragraph 2: Civil servants and public service employees

Article 28-1

I.-Category A and B customs officers, specially designated by order of the ministers responsible for justice and the budget, taken after the assent of a commission whose composition and operation are…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 1: General provisions

Article 15-5

…authorisation may be verified at any time by a judge on his or her own initiative or at the request of an interested party. The reality of this special and individual authorisation may be checked at a…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 5: Automated national registry of legal proceedings

Article 48-1

The automated national order office for legal proceedings is an automated application, placed under the control of a magistrate, containing nominative information relating to complaints and denunciati…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Chapter I: Flagrant crimes and offences

Article 62-1

The staff referred to in

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Chapter I: Flagrant crimes and offences

Article 74-1

When the disappearance of a minor or a protected adult of full age has just occurred or has been noted, officers of the judicial police or, under their supervision, judicial police officers may, on th…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Chapter I: Flagrant crimes and offences

Article 63-1

The person placed in police custody is immediately informed by a judicial police officer or, under the latter's control, by a judicial police agent, in a language he understands, if necessary by means…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Chapter III: The Examining Magistrate

Article 52-1

…partement. Where there are several judicial courts in a department, a decree may determine the list of courts in which there is no investigating judge. This decree specifies the judicial court whose i…

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