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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Title XXIII: Use of means of communication during proceedings

Article D47-12-4

Where a means of telecommunication is used in relation to pre-trial detention in accordance with the provisions of the third paragraph of Article 706-71, the order made by the liberty and custody judg…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Title XXV: Procedure applicable to organised crime and delinquency

Article D47-12-7

By application of the provisions of article 706-75 of the code of criminal procedure, the judicial courts and assize courts designated in the table below have jurisdiction to hear, in the districts de…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Title XIV: Victims' delegate judge, chairman of the compensation commission for victims of offences

Article D47-6-1

The Delegate Judge for Victims shall ensure, with due respect for the balance of the rights of the parties, that the rights granted by law to victims are taken into account. To this end, he or she sha…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Title XVII: Prosecution, investigation and judgment of offences relating to trafficking in human beings, procuring or the use of prostitution of minors

Article D47-9

Only the officers or agents of the judicial police mentioned in the first paragraph of the article 230-46, in response to an express request of which a written record is kept in the proceedings, illic…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Chapter I: General provisions

Article D47-11

The provisions of articles D. 47-8 and D. 47-9 are applicable to the extraction, acquisition, transmission and storage, by judicial police officers and agents falling under the provisions of the first…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Chapter I: Provisions applicable before the Examining Magistrate and the Examining Chamber

Article D47-28

…icle 706-120 when the person under investigation has been involuntarily hospitalised, the president of that court shall request from the director of the host establishment the transmission of a detail…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 1: Involuntary hospitalisation

Article D47-29-4

…s a decision that a person is not criminally responsible orders, in accordance with Article 706-135 of this Code, the compulsory hospitalisation of the person when this has already been decided by the…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 2: Other security measures

Article D47-32

When it issues a prohibition pursuant to the provisions of Article 706-136, the investigating chamber or the trial court may order, either in its decision or in a subsequent decision, that the declara…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Chapter IV: Care that may be ordered in the event of a mental disorder that has impaired discernment

Article D47-34

…ical opinion concerning the convicted person in the circumstances mentioned in the second paragraph of Article 122-1 of the Criminal Code, that it is necessary to prevent a repetition of the acts comm…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Title XIII: Procedure applicable to economic and financial offences

Article D47-2

By application of article 704, paragraphs 22 and 24, of the Code of Criminal Procedure, the table below sets out the list of appeal courts within whose jurisdiction a judicial court has jurisdiction t…

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