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Showing 17911800 of 30513 articles for Art. R 123-170

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

Article R259

For the application of Article R. 15-14, notification is made via the military or administrative authority in the hierarchy, which issues a notice against a signature.

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Chapter VI: Legal costs

Article R419

At the end of the second paragraph of

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

Article R365

For the application of article R. 15-14, notification is made via the military or administrative authority in the hierarchy, which issues a notice against a signature.

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Chapter VII: Legal costs

Article R339

At the end of the second paragraph of

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

Article R371

In Article R. 23-2, the words: "to the Treasury departments, which provide" are replaced by the words: "to the agent responsible for collecting fines, who provides".

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Paragraph 5: Payment

Article R234

In the case of a certified statement or memorandum, the stakeholder within one month of collection of the sum, or the assigning accountant, for the costs referred to in 2° and 3° of Articles R. 224-1…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Chapter III: Trial courts

Article R274

For the application of article R. 49-2 in French Polynesia, the model of the counterfoil receipt booklet is set by a decision of the Council of Ministers of French Polynesia.

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Paragraph 1: Designation of judicial police officers

Article R6

The commission provided for in article R. 3 shall determine the date and subjects of the tests for the technical examinations for judicial police officers of the national police and gendarmerie.

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Chapter VII: Legal costs

Article R338

A article R. 187, after the words "public prosecutor", the following words are inserted: ", subject to the regulatory provisions relating to members of the gendarmerie acting as bailiffs".

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Chapter VI: Legal costs

Article R418

A article R. 187, after the words "public prosecutor", the following words are inserted: ", subject to the regulatory provisions relating to members of the gendarmerie acting as bailiffs".

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