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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Paragraph 5: Placement in an anti-seizure bracelet

Article R24-20

…d under judicial supervision with a ban on approaching the victim and wearing an anti-seizure bracelet is notified of the following information: 1° The fitting of the bracelet incorporating a transmit…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
c: Other procedural acts

Article R40-20

If the commission awards an advance or compensation in an amount greater than that set by the decision of the first president of the court of appeal, its payment to the claimant is, notwithstanding th…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Title XIV: Recourse for compensation available to certain victims of damage resulting from an offence

Article R50-20

…mission, where it considers that the case should be referred to another hearing, shall immediately set the date of that hearing. When the parties are neither present nor represented, they are informed…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Chapter IIc: Provisions applicable to certain breaches of the Highway Code

Article R49-20

In the case provided for in paragraph 2 of Article 470-1, the procedure set out in article R. 41-2.

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Title XX: National automated genetic fingerprint database and central biological sample preservation service

Article R53-20

…structions of the public prosecutor or the public prosecutor and in accordance with the procedures set out in I of Article 706-56, within one year at the latest: 1° Either, if the person has been defi…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 1: Jurisdiction and procedures for bringing cases before the court

Article R249-20

…the investigating judge's registry if an investigation is underway, to the public prosecutor's secretariat if the criminal court is seised, or to the public prosecutor's secretariat if the criminal a…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 9: The fixed fine procedure applicable to certain offences

Article D45-20

Contentious incidents relating to the enforcement of the enforcement order and the rectification of any material errors it may contain shall be referred to the criminal court in whose jurisdiction the…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: Application for approval

Article R1253-20

…authorised to do so by the group. It must be sent within one month of its formation, by registered letter with acknowledgement of receipt.

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Authorisation

Article R1271-20

In order to assess the conditions for maintaining authorisation, the Minister responsible for personal services may, at any time, ask the authorised issuer to update the documents in its authorisation…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Lists of candidates and individual applications

Article R1441-20

Each list of candidates specifies the name of the organisation, as well as the industrial tribunal, the college and the section for which the candidates on the list are being put forward.

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