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Article 40-5 of the French Code of Criminal Procedure

In the event of a person’s escape, the public prosecutor shall immediately inform the victim of the acts that led to the detention or the victim’s family of the escape, if the escape is likely to put them at risk and unless it does not seem appropriate to provide this information in view of the risk it could entail for the perpetrator.

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Article 40-5
En cas d’évasion d’une personne, le procureur de la République informe sans délai de cette évasion la victime des faits ayant entraîné la détention ou sa famille, dès lors que cette évasion est susceptible de leur faire courir un risque et sauf s’il ne paraît pas opportun de communiquer cette information au regard du risque qu’elle pourrait entraîner pour l’auteur des faits.

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