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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 5: Interrogations and confrontations

Article 118

If, during the course of the investigation, it transpires that the acts of which the person under investigation is accused under a correctional charge actually constitute a crime, the examining magist…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Subsection 1: General provisions

Article 105

Persons against whom there is serious and corroborating evidence of having participated in the acts referred to the investigating judge may not be heard as witnesses.

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 5: Interrogations and confrontations

Article 114

…ties may only be heard, questioned or confronted, unless they expressly waive this, in the presence of their lawyers or the latter duly summoned. Lawyers shall be summoned no later than five working d…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 5: Interrogations and confrontations

Article 115

At any time during the investigation, the parties may inform the examining magistrate of the name of the lawyer chosen by them; if they appoint several lawyers, they must indicate which of them will b…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 5: Interrogations and confrontations

Article 120

…k questions or make brief observations. The investigating judge determines, if necessary, the order of the interventions and may put an end to them when he considers himself sufficiently informed. He…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 6: Mandates and their execution

Article 134

The officer responsible for the execution of a warrant for the bringing in, arrest or search of a person may not enter a citizen's home before 6am or after 9pm. The same applies when the officer is re…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Subsection 1: Judicial supervision

Article 140

…release from judicial supervision may be ordered at any time by the investigating judge, either ex officio, or on the application of the public prosecutor, or on the application of the person after a…

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

Article 144

Pre-trial detention may only be ordered or extended if it is shown, in the light of the precise and detailed elements resulting from the proceedings, that it constitutes the sole means of achieving on…

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

Article 145

…rty and custody judge to whom an order is referred by the investigating judge seeking the detention of the person under investigation shall cause that person to appear before him, assisted by his lawy…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Subsection 1: General provisions

Article 103

…truth and nothing but the truth. The judge asks them for their surname, first names, age, status, profession, residence, whether they are related or allied to the parties and to what degree or whether…

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