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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Chapter I: Automated processing of personal data known as "digital criminal records

Article R249-16

The collection, modification, consultation, communication and deletion of personal data and information are subject to a record including the identification of the user, the date, time and nature of t…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 1: Jurisdiction and procedures for bringing cases before the court

Article R249-17

The liberty and custody judge with jurisdiction to hear the appeal lodged on the basis of the article 803-8 by a person placed in pre-trial detention or extradition custody is that of the judicial cou…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Chapter I: General provisions

Article R254

In New Caledonia, French Polynesia and the Wallis and Futuna Islands, the tariff of legal costs provided for in this code in euros is converted into the local currency taking into account the equivale…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Chapter VI: Criminal records

Article R299

I.-In the first paragraph of Article R. 74, the words: "to the recruitment and statistics directorate of the military region in whose territory he is" are replaced by the words: "to the competent mili…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 3: The decision on the merits of the request and the implementation of corrective measures by the prison administration

Article R249-26

If the judge dismisses the application as unfounded, the order shall be notified under the conditions provided for in article R. 249-22.

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 6: Appeal procedures

Article R249-37

The President of the Investigating Chamber or the President of the Sentence Enforcement Chamber may also be referred to directly by the prisoner or his lawyer, in accordance with the same procedures,…

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

Article R256

For the application of articles R. 15-1 and R. 15-5, a paragraph worded as follows completes these articles:"When the person concerned is in office on an island other than that on which the court of a…

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

Article R263

For the application of articles R. 15-37 to R. 15-40 at the Court of First Instance of the Wallis and Futuna Islands, the powers vested in the general assembly of judges and prosecutors are exercised…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Chapter III: Trial courts

Article R279

For the application of in article R. 49-8-4 in New Caledonia, the reference "to the first paragraph of II of article 529-4" is replaced by the reference "to article 850-1".

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Chapter IV: Specific procedures

Article R286

For the application of article R. 51-1, the references to registration in the "trade and companies register" and the "register in which liens and security interests are registered" are replaced by ref…

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