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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Sub-title II: Courts with jurisdiction to prosecute, investigate and try crimes against humanity and war crimes and offences

Article 628-4

…h as it sees fit; it may, after hearing the Public Prosecutor's Office, issue a committal or arrest warrant for the accused in the same decision.

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 1: Jurisdiction

Article 706-171

…y, after hearing the Public Prosecutor's Office, issue, by the same decision, a committal or arrest warrant for the accused.

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French Commercial codeIn force
Paragraph 3: Acts relating primarily to economic activity

Article A444-148

Pledges and pledges as well as agricultural warrants (numbers 146 and 147 of table 5) give rise to the collection of: 1° Where they are granted by a third party in the main deed : a quarter of the fee…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Subsection 1: Acts and decisions subject to the procedure provided for in Article 696-114

Article 696-124

The decision to issue an arrest warrant shall be taken by the liberty and custody judge, on the basis of a written and reasoned application by the Deputy European Public Prosecutor.The decision to iss…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Title XXIV: Procedure applicable to breaches of automated data processing systems

Article 706-72-4

…y, after hearing the Public Prosecutor's Office, issue, by the same decision, a committal or arrest warrant for the accused.

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 6: Mandates and their execution

Article 127

If the person sought under a warrant to bring is found more than two hundred kilometres from the seat of the examining magistrate who issued the warrant, and it is not possible to bring him before tha…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter VII: Common provisions

Article L1527-1

…otherwise provided, for the application of the provisions of this Code to Wallis and Futuna :1° The reference to the territory replaces that of the region or department;2° The reference to the senior…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 3: Proceedings before the Criminal Appeals Chamber

Article 519

…al as it sees fit.It may, after hearing the Public Prosecutor's Office, issue a committal or arrest warrant against the accused by the same decision..

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 6: Mandates and their execution

Article 124

The warrants shall be enforceable throughout the territory of the Republic.

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Paragraph 1: Appearance of the accused

Article 410-1

…mprisonment, the court may order the case to be remanded and, by special reasoned decision, issue a warrant to bring in or an arrest warrant. If the accused is arrested as a result of the warrant for…

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