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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 11: Settlement orders

Article 179-1

Any order committing the person under investigation to appear before the police court or the criminal court shall inform him that he must notify the public prosecutor of any change in the address decl…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 10: Invalidity of information

Article 170-1

Where the outcome of an application for annulment appears to be manifestly necessary, the President of the Examining Magistrates' Chamber shall rule on this application, in accordance with the provisi…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 11: Settlement orders

Article 175-1

…under investigation, the assisted witness or the civil party may, on expiry of the period indicated to him pursuant to the ninth paragraph of Article 116 or the second paragraph of Article 89-1 from,…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 11: Settlement orders

Article 177-1

…oncerned or, with that person's agreement, of his own motion or at the request of the public prosecutor, either the publication in full or in part of his decision to dismiss the case, or the insertion…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 11: Settlement orders

Article 179-2

…aring before the police court or the criminal court when this date has been previously communicated to him by the public prosecutor. This order must then include the information provided for in the se…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 10: Invalidity of information

Article 173-1

…ied of his indictment, except in cases where he could not have been aware of them. The same applies to pleas based on the nullity of acts performed before each of his subsequent examinations or acts n…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 11: Settlement orders

Article 177-3

Where the civil party is a legal entity, the civil fine provided for in article 177-2 may be pronounced against its legal representative, if the latter's bad faith is established.

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 10: Invalidity of information

Article 174-1

…hamber quashes an indictment for breach of the provisions of Article 80-1, the person is considered to be an assisted witness from the time of their first appearance and for all subsequent examination…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 11: Settlement orders

Article 175-2

…acts alleged against the person under investigation, the complexity of the investigations required to ascertain the truth and the exercise of the rights of the defence. If, at the end of a period of…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 11: Settlement orders

Article 177-2

…he basis of a civil party's claim, the investigating judge may, at the request of the public prosecutor and by reasoned decision, if he considers that the civil party's claim has been abusive or dilat…

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