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Article 709-1-2 of the French Code of Criminal Procedure

The police and gendarmerie units may, in accordance with the procedures set out in articles 56 to 58 and during the hours set out in Article 59, and after obtaining the agreement of the public prosecutor or the sentence enforcement judge or on the instructions of one of these magistrates, carry out a search of the home of a convicted person who, by virtue of his conviction, is prohibited from possessing a weapon, where there is serious or concordant evidence that weapons are currently at his home.

If weapons are discovered, they are seized and placed under seal.

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Article 709-1-2

Les services de police et les unités de gendarmerie peuvent, selon les modalités prévues aux articles 56 à 58 et pendant les heures prévues à l’article 59, et après avoir recueilli l’accord du procureur de la République ou du juge de l’application des peines ou sur instruction de l’un de ces magistrats, procéder à une perquisition chez une personne condamnée qui, en raison de sa condamnation, est soumise à l’interdiction de détenir une arme, lorsqu’il existe des indices graves ou concordants que des armes se trouvent actuellement à son domicile.

Si des armes sont découvertes, elles sont saisies et placées sous scellés.

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