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Article D15-4-6 of the French Code of Criminal Procedure

In the event of a request for a lawyer to be appointed ex officio made, in accordance with the provisions of Articles 113-3 or 116, before the investigating judge of a court in which there is an investigating division, in the course of an investigation concerning acts initially falling within the jurisdiction of a court in which there is no investigating division, this magistrate shall by any means inform the President of the Bar Association of that court, for the purpose of appointing a lawyer from that Bar Association.

If the President of the Bar does not make this appointment, the appointment is made by the President of the Bar of the court in which the centre is located, who is then informed without delay by the examining magistrate.

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Article D15-4-6

En cas de demande de commission d’office d’un avocat faite, conformément aux dispositions des articles 113-3 ou 116, devant le juge d’instruction d’une juridiction dans laquelle il y a un pôle de l’instruction, au cours d’une information concernant des faits relevant initialement de la compétence d’un tribunal judiciaire dans laquelle il n’y a pas de pôle, ce magistrat informe par tout moyen le bâtonnier de l’ordre des avocats près ce tribunal, aux fins de désignation d’un avocat de ce barreau.


Si le bâtonnier ne procède pas à cette désignation, la commission d’office est faite par le bâtonnier de l’ordre des avocats de la juridiction dans laquelle se trouve le pôle, qui est alors informé sans délai par le juge d’instruction.

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