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Article 142-1 of the French Code of Criminal Procedure

The investigating judge or the liberty and custody judge may, with the consent of the person under investigation, order, or decide, that the part of the bond allocated to guarantee the rights of the victim or the creditor of a maintenance debt be paid to them in advance, at their request.

This payment may also be ordered, or decided, even without the consent of the person under investigation, when an enforceable court decision has granted the victim or the creditor an advance on the facts that are the subject of the proceedings.

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Article 142-1

Le juge d’instruction ou le juge des libertés et de la détention peut, avec le consentement de la personne mise en examen, ordonner, ou décider, que la partie du cautionnement affectée à la garantie des droits de la victime ou du créancier d’une dette alimentaire soit versée à ceux-ci par provision, sur leur demande.

Ce versement peut aussi être ordonné, ou décidé, même sans le consentement de la personne mise en examen, lorsqu’une décision de justice exécutoire a accordé à la victime ou au créancier une provision à l’occasion des faits qui sont l’objet des poursuites.

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