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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 2: Extradition procedure under ordinary law

Article 696-20

Release from judicial supervision, house arrest under electronic surveillance or modification thereof may be ordered at any time by the investigating chamber under the conditions set out in Article 19…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 3: Simplified extradition procedure

Article 696-26

…n that he may consent to his extradition before the Investigating Chamber under the simplified procedure. It also informs them that they may waive the rule of speciality. Mention of this information s…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 4: Effects of extradition

Article 696-35

…ed.Where the person claimed declares that he consents to the extension of his extradition, the procedure laid down in section 3 of this chapter shall apply.

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 5: Miscellaneous provisions

Article 696-47

The sending of detained individuals, with a view to a confrontation, must be requested in the forms provided for in articles 696-8 and 696-9. The request shall be granted, unless special consideration…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 5: Miscellaneous provisions

Article 696-46

When the hearing of a witness residing in France is deemed necessary by a foreign government, the French government, on receipt of a request transmitted in the forms provided for in the articles 696-8…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 3: Simplified extradition procedure

Article 696-30

…ject to appeal. If the person claimed has been the subject of an extradition request, then the procedure shall be as set out in articles 696-15 et seq.

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 3: Simplified extradition procedure

Article 696-33

The provisions of Articles 696-26 to 696-32 are applicable if the person whose provisional arrest has been requested is the subject of an extradition request and consents to being extradited more than…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 5: Miscellaneous provisions

Article 696-44

…iminal proceedings instituted abroad, where a foreign government deems it necessary to serve a procedural document or a judgment on an individual residing on French territory, the document shall be tr…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 2: Extradition procedure under ordinary law

Article 696-23

In urgent cases and at the direct request of the competent authorities of the requesting State, the public prosecutor with territorial jurisdiction may order the provisional arrest of a person claimed…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 4: Effects of extradition

Article 696-41

…he Government of a third country in turn requests the French Government to extradite the same individual on account of an act prior to the extradition, other than that tried in France, and not connect…

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