When the examining magistrate orders that the part of the bond allocated to guarantee the rights of the victim or the creditor of a maintenance debt be paid to them in advance, they shall be notified of this. The Caisse des dépôts et consignations, at the behest of the revenue administrator, shall credit the latter’s account with the corresponding sum, for the purpose of payment to the beneficiaries.
The Public Prosecutor’s Office, of its own motion or at the request of the civil parties, shall produce to the departments of the Directorate General of Public Finances, which are responsible for the recovery of the portion of the bond forfeited to the State in the case provided for in Article 142-2 (paragraph 2), a certificate from the court registry drawn up in duplicate stating the liability incurred by the…
If the person prosecuted is finally sentenced to pay damages, the public prosecutor shall inform the civil party of the existence of the bond and indicate the formalities to be completed to obtain payment by the Caisse des dépôts et consignations of the sums owed to it, increased, where applicable, by accrued interest.
In the cases provided for in the first paragraph of Article 142-2 and in the first paragraph of Article 142-3, the sums returned to the person prosecuted are increased, where applicable, by accrued interest.
Under Article 138, the investigating judge may order the person under investigation to set up, within a period that he or she determines, one or more personal or real sureties intended to guarantee the respective rights of identified or identifiable victims and the Public Treasury. The judge sets the period for which the security must be provided and the amount of the sum thus guaranteed. Where there are several identified…
If the investigating judge has decided that the surety or sureties will fully guarantee the rights of one or more civil parties, they shall be constituted for the benefit of those parties. If the investigating judge has decided that the surety or sureties will fully guarantee the representation of the person and the payment of fines, they shall be constituted for the benefit of the Treasury. If the investigating judge…
Where the securities guarantee, in part or in full, the rights of one or more victims who have not yet been identified or who have not yet brought a civil action, they shall be established in the name of a provisional beneficiary acting on behalf of these victims and, where applicable, the Public Treasury. The provisional beneficiary shall be chosen from among persons exercising an activity regulated by the public…
Within the time limit set by the examining magistrate, the person under investigation shall constitute and, where applicable, publish the security requested, in accordance with the laws and regulations applicable to such security. Such person may, however, ask the examining magistrate for additional time to constitute or publish the security, providing evidence of the formalities already completed for this purpose.
The deeds constituting the security established in the name of a provisional beneficiary and, where applicable, the deeds ensuring its publicity specify that the provisional beneficiary is acting either to guarantee the rights of the Public Treasury and those of the victim(s), or to guarantee the rights of the victim(s), depending on the decision taken by the investigating judge, whose references are mentioned in these deeds.
The documents attesting to the constitution and, where applicable, the publicity of the security shall be sent in triplicate, in original or copy, by the person under investigation to the clerk of the examining magistrate and shall be placed in the file of the proceedings.
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