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Article 678 of the French Code of Criminal Procedure

If the act committed is a crime, the court or tribunal, after having the perpetrator arrested, questions him and draws up a report of the facts; this court transmits the documents and orders the perpetrator to be brought immediately before the competent public prosecutor, who requests that an investigation be opened.

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Article 678

Si le fait commis est un crime, la cour ou le tribunal, après avoir fait arrêter l’auteur, l’interroge et dresse procès-verbal des faits ; cette juridiction transmet les pièces et ordonne la conduite immédiate de l’auteur devant le procureur de la République compétent qui requiert l’ouverture d’une information.

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