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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Chapter III: Checks, verifications and identity records

Article 78-2-1

At the request of the public prosecutor, officers of the judicial police and, on their orders or responsibility, officers of the judicial police and deputy officers of the judicial police mentioned in…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 1: General provisions

Article 81-1

The examining magistrate may, ex officio, at the request of the public prosecutor or at the request of the civil party, carry out, in accordance with the law, any act enabling him to assess the nature…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 2: The bringing of a civil action and its effects

Article 88-1

The deposit set pursuant to Article 88 guarantees payment of the civil fine that may be imposed pursuant to Article 177-2.The sum deposited is returned when this fine has not been imposed by the inves…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 2: The bringing of a civil action and its effects

Article 88-2

The investigating judge may, in the course of the proceedings, order the civil party requesting an expert opinion to first pay a supplement to the deposit provided for by Article 88 in order to guaran…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 2: The bringing of a civil action and its effects

Article 90

If the investigating judge does not have jurisdiction under Article 52, it shall, after hearing the Public Prosecutor's case, make an order referring the civil party to such court as it sees fit.

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Subsection 1: Transport, searches and seizures

Article 96

If the search takes place in a home other than that of the person under investigation, the person whose home is to be searched is invited to attend. If that person is absent or refuses to attend, the…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Subsection 1: Transport, searches and seizures

Article 97-1

The judicial police officer or, under his supervision, the judicial police agent may, for the purposes of executing the letters rogatory, carry out the operations provided for by Article 57-1.

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Subsection 2: Interception of correspondence sent by electronic communications

Article 100-5

The investigating judge, the judicial police officer assigned by him or her, or the judicial police officer or investigative assistant acting under the control of that officer, shall transcribe corres…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Chapter III: Checks, verifications and identity records

Article 78-3-1

I. - Any person who is the subject of an identity check or verification as provided for in this chapter may, where this check or verification reveals that there are serious grounds for believing that…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Chapter III: Checks, verifications and identity records

Article 78-7

Without prejudice to the prerogatives of the territorially competent public prosecutors, the public prosecutor of the place where the departure station of a passenger rail transport vehicle is located…

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