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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 12: Appeals against orders of the investigating judge or the liberty and custody judge

Article 186-2

In the event of an appeal against an order under Article 181, the Investigating Chamber shall rule within four months of the date of the appeal declaration, failing which, if the person is detained, h…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 12: Appeals against orders of the investigating judge or the liberty and custody judge

Article 187-2

The person lodging the appeal provided for in Article 187-1 may request that it be examined directly by the Investigating Chamber. In this case, a decision is taken at the latest on the fifth working…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Subsection 3: Pre-trial detention

Article 145-5

The remand in custody of a person who, during questioning by the investigating judge prior to referral to the liberty and custody judge, makes it known that that he/she has sole parental authority ove…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Subsection 3: Pre-trial detention

Article 148-7

…on, the accused or the defendant is detained, the application for release may also be made by means of a declaration to the head of the penitentiary establishment. This declaration is recorded and dat…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Subsection 3: Pre-trial detention

Article 148-2

Any court called upon to rule, pursuant to articles 141-1 and 148-1, on an application to lift all or part of the judicial supervision order or on an application for release, shall make its decision a…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Subsection 3: Pre-trial detention

Article 148-5

In any matter and at any stage of the proceedings, any person remanded in custody may, in exceptional circumstances, be authorised to leave under escort in accordance with procedures laid down by decr…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 12: Appeals against orders of the investigating judge or the liberty and custody judge

Article 186-5

The time limits relating to the length of pre-trial detention provided for in articles 145-1 to 145-3 are no longer applicable once the investigating judge has issued his order for referral to the tri…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 8: Letters rogatory

Article 154-2

…sisted witness may request by letter rogatory, in accordance with the procedures set out in Article 151, any investigating judge to proceed with the examination of that person in accordance with the p…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 11: Settlement orders

Article 180-3

The provisions of Article 180-2 are applicable to the offences mentioned in Article 41-1-3 for the purposes of implementing the procedure provided for in the same Article 41-1-3.

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 12: Appeals against orders of the investigating judge or the liberty and custody judge

Article 186-4

In the event of an appeal, even if inadmissible, being lodged against an order provided for in the first paragraph of article 179, the Investigating Chamber shall rule within two months of the date on…

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