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Article R104 of the French Code of Criminal Procedure

Where, in accordance with the provisions of the Code of Criminal Procedure on forgery and in the cases provided for in particular in articles 642 and 645, documents alleged to be forged or comparison documents must be handed over to the court registry by public or private depositories, the public prosecutor or investigating judge may order either that the depository shall go in person or by proxy to the court registry or before it to make this deposit, or that the depository shall hand them over to such magistrate or judicial police officer as he may designate, who shall issue him with a duplicate of the report recording this handover.

When the depositary or his agent has travelled to make this deposit, he is entitled to the appearance fee and the travel and subsistence allowances allocated to witnesses.

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Article R104

Lorsqu’en conformité des dispositions du code de procédure pénale sur le faux et dans les cas prévus notamment aux articles 642 et 645, des pièces arguées de faux ou des pièces de comparaison doivent être remises au greffe par des dépositaires publics ou particuliers, le procureur de la République ou le juge d’instruction peut ordonner soit que le dépositaire se transportera en personne ou par mandataire au greffe du tribunal ou devant lui pour faire ce dépôt, soit que ce dépositaire les remettra à tel magistrat ou tel officier de police judiciaire qu’il désigne, lequel lui délivrera un double du procès-verbal constatant cette remise.

Lorsque le dépositaire ou son mandataire s’est transporté pour ce dépôt, il a droit à la taxe de comparution et aux indemnités de voyage et de séjour allouées aux témoins.

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