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Showing 75217530 of 55426 articles for Art. Loi 2023-1059 of 20 November 2023 – justice programming law

French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Paragraph 1: Settlement of costs.

Article R242

A statement shall be drawn up for each criminal or police case, showing the liquidation of costs other than those borne by the State without recourse to the convicted persons. During the investigation…

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

Article R249-3

…ting or trial court before it rules on the public prosecution. The application shall be the subject of a request dated and signed by the applicant or his lawyer, addressed to the court either by regis…

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

Article R249-4

…s given by the court at the same time as the decision ruling on the public action, unless the state of the case does not allow the amount of the compensation to be determined. In criminal cases, this…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Chapter I: Automated processing of personal data known as "digital criminal records

Article R249-9

The Ministry of Justice is authorised to create a personal data processing system known as the "digital criminal file" to be implemented in each court. The purposes of this processing, which concerns…

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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 Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Chapter II: Public prosecutions and investigations

Article R258

A in article R. 15-13, the number: "five" is replaced by the number: "fifteen".

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Chapter II: Public prosecutions and investigations

Article R264

The following paragraph is added to article R. 19: "Where a revenue office has been set up at the court registry, the security deposit shall be paid to the revenue officer. "

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

Article R249-7

Payment of compensation is made on the basis of the decision of the court that awarded it. When the decision makes the compensation payable by the civil party, the compensation is ordered as an advanc…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 3: The decision on the merits of the request and the implementation of corrective measures by the prison administration

Article R249-27

If the judge considers the application to be well-founded, the order shall mention the conditions of detention that he considers to be contrary to human dignity, and shall set a time limit of between…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 5: Hearing of the claimant

Article R249-35

…uest has been declared admissible, the judge shall by any means inform the person concerned and his lawyer, the public prosecutor or the public prosecutor and the head of the prison of the date and pl…

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