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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 11: Settlement orders

Article 179

…ppear in person if he or his lawyer so requests. This decision may be renewed once in the same manner. If the accused has still not been tried at the end of this further extension, he is released imme…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 11: Settlement orders

Article 181-1

If, at the end of the investigation, there are sufficient charges against the person of having committed, other than a repeat offence, a crime punishable by fifteen years or twenty years of criminal i…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 11: Settlement orders

Article 175-1

The person under investigation, the assisted witness or the civil party may, on expiry of the period indicated to him pursuant to the ninth paragraph of Article 116 or the second paragraph of Article…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 11: Settlement orders

Article 175

…rties themselves. The notice is served either orally, with the file endorsed, or by registered letter. If the person is detained, it may also be served by the head of the prison, who will immediately…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 11: Settlement orders

Article 177-1

…person concerned, he must issue a reasoned order, which may be appealed to the investigating chamber.If the judge does not grant the request of the person concerned, he must issue a reasoned order, w…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 11: Settlement orders

Article 179-2

…or the criminal court when this date has been previously communicated to him by the public prosecutor. This order must then include the information provided for in the second to last paragraphs of art…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 11: Settlement orders

Article 177-3

Where the civil party is a legal entity, the civil fine provided for in article 177-2 may be pronounced against its legal representative, if the latter's bad faith is established.

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 11: Settlement orders

Article 180-1

If the examining magistrate considers that the facts constitute a misdemeanour, and that the person under investigation acknowledges the facts and accepts the criminal classification chosen, he may, a…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 11: Settlement orders

Article 184

…cise manner, the grounds on which sufficient charges have or have not been brought against him or her. These reasons are given in the light of the prosecution's submissions and the parties' observatio…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 11: Settlement orders

Article 175-2

In all matters, the duration of the investigation may not exceed a reasonable period in view of the seriousness of the acts alleged against the person under investigation, the complexity of the invest…

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