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Article 706-96 of the French Code of Criminal Procedure

A technical device may be set up for the purpose, without the consent of the persons concerned, of capturing, fixing, transmitting and recording words spoken by one or more persons in a private or confidential capacity, in private or public places or vehicles, or the image of one or more persons in a private place. .

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Article 706-96-1 of the French Code of Criminal Procedure

During the investigation, in order to set up the technical device mentioned in article 706-96, the liberty and custody judge may authorise entry into a vehicle or private place, including outside the hours provided for in Article 59, without the knowledge or consent of the owner or possessor of the vehicle or the occupier of the premises or any person holding a right over them. These operations, which may have…

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Article 706-102-1 of the French Code of Criminal Procedure

A technical device may be set up for the purpose, without the consent of the persons concerned, of accessing, recording, retaining and transmitting computer data in any place, as stored in a computer system, as displayed on a screen for the user of an automated data processing system, as entered by the user by typing characters or as received and transmitted by peripheral devices. The public prosecutor or investigating judge…

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Article 706-102-5 of the French Code of Criminal Procedure

With a view to setting up the technical device referred to in Article 706-102-1, the liberty and custody judge, at the request of the public prosecutor, or the investigating judge may authorise entry into a vehicle or private place, including outside the hours provided for in article 59, without the knowledge or consent of the owner or possessor of the vehicle or the occupier of the premises or any person…

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Article 706-103 of the French Code of Criminal Procedure

In the event of an investigation being opened for one of the offences falling within the scope of articles 706-73,706-73-1and 706-74 and in order to guarantee payment of the fines incurred and, where applicable, compensation for victims, the liberty and custody judge, at the request of the public prosecutor, may order, at the advanced expense of the Treasury and in accordance with the procedures laid down by civil enforcement procedures,…

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Article 706-105 of the French Code of Criminal Procedure

When, in the course of the investigation, the provisions of articles 706-80 to 706-95, a person who has been in police custody six months previously and who has not been prosecuted may ask the public prosecutor in whose jurisdiction the police custody took place about the outcome of the investigation or the outcome that may be given. This request is made by registered letter with acknowledgement of receipt. When the…

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