The first two paragraphs of article R. 70 are worded as follows:
“Records shall be withdrawn from the criminal record and destroyed by the registrar of the court of first instance in the following cases:
“1° Upon the death of the holder of the record, established in particular by entry in the civil status register of births pursuant to Article 79 of the Civil Code or, if the death has not been brought to the attention of the registrar, when the holder would have reached the age of one hundred and twenty years;”