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Article R188 of the French Code of Criminal Procedure

The execution of arrest warrants, detention warrants and arrest warrants, committal orders, sentencing rulings and judgments, coercive measures exercised against defaulting witnesses by virtue of articles 109, 110 and 153, is entrusted to members of the gendarmerie other than officers and to police officers other than commissioners and deputy commissioners, as well as to field wardens.

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Article R189 of the French Code of Criminal Procedure

Premiums are awarded to law enforcement officers under the conditions set out in articles R. 190 and R. 191 when there has been forced execution and the arrest has required duly recorded special searches. There is no need to distinguish, from the point of view of entitlement to the allowance, according to whether the officer who carried out the arrest was the bearer of the warrant or extract of the…

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Article R191 of the French Code of Criminal Procedure

It is allocated to the persons mentioned in Article R. 188, for capture or seizure of the person, in execution of: 1° A police judgement or a correctional judgement or ruling imposing a prison sentence not exceeding ten days: 0.76 euro. 2° Of an arrest warrant or a judgement or ruling in a correctional matter carrying a prison sentence of more than ten days: 1.07 euro. 3° Of a committal…

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Article R193 of the French Code of Criminal Procedure

It is allocated to the bailiffs for affixing each of the three extracts of the judgment of conviction in absentia which must be displayed, in accordance with Article 634, and for drawing up the report recording the completion of this formality, a fee of 0.57 euro.

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Article R194 of the French Code of Criminal Procedure

Judicial officers, who travel outside the commune of their residence, shall be allocated the allowance provided for in article R110. Judicial officers holding travel permits or enjoying reduced fares in their personal capacity or by reason of their employment are not entitled to reimbursement of transport costs for the part corresponding to the exemption from which they benefit. Requests for reimbursement of transport costs must be accompanied by a declaration…

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Article R197 of the French Code of Criminal Procedure

The public prosecutors and the public prosecutors shall at the same time examine the writings to ensure that they comply with the requirements of Article R. 185, and they shall reduce at the appropriate rate the price of pleadings that are not in the proportion established by the said article.

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Article R198 of the French Code of Criminal Procedure

Any judicial officer who refuses to act in proceedings taken at the request of the public prosecutor or to perform the service to which he is obliged before the court or tribunal and who, after an injunction made to him by the public prosecutor or the public prosecutor, persists in his refusal, shall be dismissed, without prejudice to any damages and other penalties he may have incurred.

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