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Showing 81518160 of 54524 articles for Art. TEPA Act of 21 August 2007

French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Title I: Public prosecution and investigating authorities

Article A1

…ublic prosecutor or investigating judge, as the case may be, may, in accordance with the provisions of Article 11-1, authorise to be issued with a copy of the documents of legal proceedings in progres…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 1: Electronic complaints

Article A 1er

…e complaints electronically pursuant to articles 15-3-1 and D. 8-2-1 via the "Harmonised processing of investigations and alerts for e-scams" (THESEE) implemented by the General Directorate of the Nat…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 4: Designation of tax officials responsible for carrying out certain judicial police duties

Article A36-10-4

…istry to which the candidates are to be assigned, by joint instruction from the Directorate General of the National Police and the Directorate General of Public Finance or by instruction from the latt…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Title II: Investigations and identity checks

Article A36-11

The media and formats of audiovisual recordings of interrogations of persons in police custody made pursuant to Articles 64-1 and D. 15-6 and transmitted to the courts must comply with the standards a…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 7: Simplified procedure for fixed fines for misdemeanours

Article A36-18

Payment of the deposit or fixed fine may be made: - either by automated remote payment; - or by sending a cheque enclosed with the payment card to the accountant of the Directorate General of Public F…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Paragraph 1: General provisions

Article A37-3

The characteristics of the payment card referred to in Article A. 37-1 are as follows: I.-On the front, on the left-hand side, are details of the issuing department, the date of the offence, the amoun…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Paragraph 2: Provisions relating to secure electronic devices enabling a dematerialised official report to be drawn up

Article A37-19

The secure electronic device for drawing up the official statement of offence using an electronic signature or a handwritten signature collected in digital form, provided for in II of Article R. 49-1…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Paragraph 1: Designation of gendarmes as judicial police officers

Article A2

The technical examination for judicial police officers of the national gendarmerie provided for in article R. 5 gendarmes with at least three years' service in the gendarmerie on 1 January of the year…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Paragraph 1: Designation of gendarmes as judicial police officers

Article A5

…provided for in the preceding article is as follows:Criminal procedurePublic prosecution and civil action: general concepts.The authorities invested by law with judicial police missions:- the judicia…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Paragraph 2: Designation of national police judicial police officers

Article A21

The secretariat of the committee submits to the chair of the jury:1° Copies for which an eliminatory mark is proposed, under the conditions laid down in article A. 15 of this code. These copies are ma…

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