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Article A53-8 of the French Code of Criminal Procedure

Any procedural document in digital format may, if necessary, be printed out by the magistrates and registry agents assisting them, the national police services, the national gendarmerie units, the officials and agents exercising judicial police powers, the prison services or the judicial youth protection services in order to be handed over or transmitted in paper format.

Documents that have been digitally signed within the meaning of Article D. 589-2 retain their evidential value, after they have been printed, if a single attestation is attached stating that they are faithful to their version in digital format held by the service mentioned in the first paragraph or if each printout is the subject of a statement certifying its faithfulness by the aforementioned service.

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Article A53-8

Toute pièce de procédure sous format numérique peut, s’il y a lieu, être imprimée par les magistrats et agents de greffe qui les assistent, les services de la police nationale, les unités de la gendarmerie nationale, les fonctionnaires et agents exerçant des pouvoirs de police judiciaire, les services pénitentiaires ou de la protection judiciaire de la jeunesse afin d’être remise ou transmise sous format papier.


Les pièces ayant fait l’objet d’un procédé de signature sous forme numérique au sens de l’article D. 589-2 conservent leur valeur probante, après leur impression, s’il est joint une attestation unique indiquant qu’elles sont fidèles à leur version sous format numérique dont est détenteur le service mentionné au premier alinéa ou si chaque impression fait l’objet d’une mention certifiant sa fidélité par le service précité.

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