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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Paragraph 5: Medical and medical-psychological examinations.

Article D26

…He may prescribe that the latter will carry out their mission in liaison with the doctor in charge of the medical or medico-psychological examination.

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 2a: First appearance

Article D32-1-1

…vestigating judge who refers the matter to the liberty and custody judge pursuant to the provisions of the fourth paragraph of Article 137-1 for the purposes of remanding the person under investigatio…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Subsection 2: House arrest with electronic surveillance

Article D32-3

The procedures for applying the provisions of articles 142-5 to 142-13 relating to house arrest with electronic surveillance are specified by the provisions of this subsection.

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Paragraph 5: Provisions applicable in the event of non-compliance with house arrest with electronic surveillance

Article D32-20

In accordance with the provisions of articles 141-2 and 142-8, if the person under investigation voluntarily evades the obligations of house arrest with electronic surveillance, the investigating judg…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Paragraph 7: Provisions applicable in the event of referral to the trial court

Article D32-23

In accordance with the provisions of Article 179, in the event that the person under investigation is referred to the criminal court, the house arrest with electronic surveillance ends, unless the inv…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Paragraph 7: Provisions applicable in the event of referral to the trial court

Article D32-25-1

When the person referred to the trial court is sentenced to a fixed term of imprisonment with a deferred committal order issued with provisional execution, the obligations of electronically monitored…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 8: Letters rogatory

Article D33

When an investigating judge issues a letter rogatory to a judicial police officer in charge of a police service or gendarmerie unit, the latter may have it executed by a judicial police officer under…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 11: Settlement orders

Article D40-2

The observations, requests for action and additional observations provided for in IV and VI of Article 175 shall be sent to the investigating judge in accordance with the procedure laid down in the pe…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Chapter III: The Examining Magistrate and the Investigating Divisions

Article D15-4-6

In the event of a request for a lawyer to be appointed ex officio made, in accordance with the provisions of Articles 113-3 or 116, before the investigating judge of a court in which there is an inves…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Paragraph 5: Medical and medical-psychological examinations.

Article D16

The investigation into the personality of the persons under investigation as well as their material, family or social situation provided for in Article 81, paragraph 6, of the Code of Criminal Procedu…

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