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Article 58 of the French Code of Criminal Procedure

Subject to the requirements of the investigations, any communication or disclosure without the authorisation of the person under investigation or his successors in title or the signatory or recipient of a document resulting from a search to a person not qualified by law to take cognisance of it shall be punishable by a fine of €4,500 and two years’ imprisonment.

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Article 58

Sous réserve des nécessités des enquêtes, toute communication ou toute divulgation sans l’autorisation de la personne mise en examen ou de ses ayants droit ou du signataire ou du destinataire d’un document provenant d’une perquisition à une personne non qualifiée par la loi pour en prendre connaissance est punie de 4 500 euros d’amende et de deux ans d’emprisonnement.

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