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Article A19 of the French Code of Criminal Procedure

The physical organisation of the technical examination tests, which are held in one or more centres, is the responsibility of the police academy in accordance with the directives issued by the Minister of the Interior. During the tests, candidates may only have : – codes (which may be annotated by the publisher, but not commented on) ; – printouts of the Journal officiel (without commentary). Candidates may not, under penalty…

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Article A20 of the French Code of Criminal Procedure

In the month following the examination, the chairman convenes a meeting of the examination board to establish the marking standards and to allocate the papers to the markers. The anonymity of the papers is ensured by the use of a suitable technical procedure. The chairman of the jury sets the date by which the corrected papers must reach the secretariat of the committee.

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Article A21 of the French Code of Criminal Procedure

The secretariat of the committee submits to the chair of the jury: 1° Copies for which an eliminatory mark is proposed, under the conditions laid down in article A. 15 of this code. These copies are marked a second time by a member appointed by the chair of the jury and belonging to a different panel (magistracy, police) to the one to which the first marker belongs; The final mark…

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Article A22 of the French Code of Criminal Procedure

The commission provided for in Article 16 (2° and 4°) of this code issues an opinion on the lists mentioned in 4° of Article A. 21 of the same code within a maximum of four months after the date of the examination. They are sent to the directorate general of the national police, together with the candidates’ papers and the minutes of the sitting.

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Article A34 of the French Code of Criminal Procedure

The civil servants of the corps d’encadrement et d’application de la police nationale referred to in Article 16 (4°) and who have the status of judicial police officer may receive authorisation to exercise the powers attached to this status if they are assigned to one of the departments or to one of the categories of departments defined in articles R. 15-18 to R. 15-26-1 and listed below: 1° Services whose…

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Article A35 of the French Code of Criminal Procedure

The civil servants of the corps d’encadrement et d’application de la police nationale referred to in Article 16 (4°) of the Code of Criminal Procedure and having the status of judicial police officer may receive the authorisation to exercise the attributions attached to this status provided for in the aforementioned Article 16 if they are assigned exclusively to one of the following service formations: 1° Pour la direction centrale de…

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Article A35-1 of the French Code of Criminal Procedure

The headquarters and jurisdiction of the territorial judicial police departments of the territorial directorates of the national police are determined in accordance with the following table: DIRECTION TERRITORIALE DE LA POLICE NATIONALE HEAD OFFICE TERRITORIAL JUDICIAL POLICE DEPARTMENT Direction territoriale de la police nationale de la Guyane Cayenne Cayenne Direction territoriale de la police nationale de Mayotte Mamoudzou Mamoudzou Direction territoriale de la police nationale de la Nouvelle-Calédonie Nouméa Nouméa…

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Article A36 of the French Code of Criminal Procedure

For the application of Article R. 15-33-3, the list of candidates admitted to take the technical examination to qualify for the duties of customs agent responsible for carrying out certain judicial police missions is drawn up by the Director General of Customs and Indirect Rights. Successful candidates must have received appropriate training organised by the administration to which they belong.

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Article A36-1 of the French Code of Criminal Procedure

The technical examination to qualify for the performance of certain judicial police duties comprises the following three tests: 1° Written test no. 1: composition based on general knowledge of criminal law or procedure (duration: three hours); 2° Written test no. 2: handling of a practical criminal procedure case (duration: four hours); 3° Oral test no. 3: presentation on a criminal procedure subject followed by an interview with the panel (preparation…

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Article A36-2 of the French Code of Criminal Procedure

The syllabus for the technical examination is as follows: Criminal procedure Introduction: Freedom of evidence; separation of prosecuting, investigating and adjudicating authorities; Public prosecution; civil action. A. – Authorities vested by law with judicial police functions: The public prosecutor; The investigating judge; Officers and agents of the judicial police; Customs officers entrusted with the performance of certain judicial police duties. B. – Judicial police activities: The distinction between administrative police…

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