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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 9: Expertise

Article 156

…ed order within one month of receiving the request at the latest. The provisions of the penultimate and last paragraphs of Article 81 shall apply. The experts shall carry out their mission under the s…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 9: Expertise

Article 166

…een completed, the experts draw up a report which must contain a description of the said operations and their conclusions. The experts shall sign their report and mention the names and capacities of t…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 9: Expertise

Article 168

…ons they have carried out, after taking an oath to assist the judiciary to the best of their honour and conscience. During their hearing, they may consult their report and its appendices. The chairman…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 9: Expertise

Article 157

…one of the lists drawn up by the Courts of Appeal under the conditions provided for by the loi n° 71-498 du 29 juin 1971 relative aux experts judiciaires. Exceptionally, the courts may, by reasoned d…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 9: Expertise

Article 161

…nment. If special reasons so require, this time limit may be extended at the request of the experts and by a reasoned decision issued by the magistrate or court that appointed them. Experts who do not…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 9: Expertise

Article 167

The examining magistrate shall inform the parties and their lawyers of the conclusions of the experts after having summoned them in accordance with the provisions of the second paragraph of Article 11…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 9: Expertise

Article 162

…competence. The persons thus appointed shall take an oath under the conditions laid down in Article 160. Their report will be appended in full to the report referred to in Article 166.

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 9: Expertise

Article 158

The mission of the experts, which can only be to examine technical issues, is specified in the decision ordering the expertise.

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 9: Expertise

Article 163

…in a report. For the purposes of their mission, the experts are authorised to open or re-open seals and to make new seals after, if necessary, repackaging the objects they were instructed to examine;…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 9: Expertise

Article 164

Experts may receive, by way of information and for the sole purpose of carrying out their mission, statements from any person other than the person under investigation, the assisted witness or the civ…

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