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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Title XXVII: Prosecution, investigation and trial of offences committed by protected adults

Article D47-19

…t to the tutor or curator in the case provided for in Article 706-114, if that person is the victim of the offence or if there are plausible grounds for presuming that he or she is a co-perpetrator or…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 1: Involuntary hospitalisation

Article D47-29-2

To allow the immediate application of the order provided for by articles D. 47-29 and D. 47-29-1, the public prosecutor shall inform the State representative or, in Paris, the police prefect in advanc…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Chapter IV: Care that may be ordered in the event of a mental disorder that has impaired discernment

Article D47-33

The obligation of care provided for, as a security measure, by Article 706-136-1 is ordered by a judgment made in accordance with l'article 712-6 before the date set for the release of the sentenced p…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Chapter IV: Care that may be ordered in the event of a mental disorder that has impaired discernment

Article D47-37

…odified or lifted, the liberty and custody judge may only give a ruling after receiving the opinion of the sentence enforcement judge following the progress of the measure..

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Title XVI: Prosecution, investigation and trial of drug trafficking offences

Article D47-7

By application of Article 706-27, the assize courts designated in the table annexed to this article shall have jurisdiction to hear, in the districts defined in this table, the crimes referred to in A…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Title XX: National automated genetic fingerprint database

Article D47-12

For the application of the second paragraph of Article 706-56, persons authorised under the conditions set out in article 16-12 of the Civil Code without being registered on a list of forensic experts…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Title XXIII: Use of means of communication during proceedings

Article D47-12-1

Where the provisions of articles 706-71 and R. 53-33 to R. 53-39 relating to the use of a means of telecommunication are implemented by an investigating or trial court, the provisions of this section…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Title XXVI: Procedure applicable in the event of pollution of maritime waters by discharges from ships and damage to maritime cultural property

Article D47-13-1

In application of the provisions of Article 706-107 of the Code of Criminal Procedure, the judicial courts and the court of first instance designated in the table below are competent to hear, in the d…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Title XXVII: Prosecution, investigation and trial of offences committed by protected adults

Article D47-14-1

The provisions of articles 706-113 to 706-117 and the articles of this title are applicable to the criminal proceedings referred to in these articles only where the evidence gathered in the course of…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Title XXVII: Prosecution, investigation and trial of offences committed by protected adults

Article D47-21

The medical expertise provided for by the purpose of Article 706-115 is to determine whether or not, at the time of the offence, the person concerned was suffering from a mental or neuropsychological…

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