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Article 48 of the French Code of Criminal Procedure

If there is no police commissioner at the place where the police court sits, the public prosecutor shall designate, to exercise the functions of the public prosecutor, a police commissioner or a police commander or captain residing within the jurisdiction of the judicial court or, failing that, of an adjoining judicial court located in the same department.

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Article 48

S’il n’y a pas de commissaire de police au lieu où siège le tribunal de police, le procureur général désigne, pour exercer les fonctions du ministère public, un commissaire ou un commandant ou capitaine de police en résidence dans le ressort du tribunal judiciaire ou, à défaut, d’un tribunal judiciaire limitrophe situé dans le même département.

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