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Article R53-23 of the French Code of Criminal Procedure

The register provided for in the second paragraph of Article 706-57 is kept at the headquarters of each national police service or national gendarmerie unit. It is initialled by the head of the police service or gendarmerie unit. This register is presented, at any time, to the public prosecutor upon request. Each entry in the register has a serial number. This number is mentioned in the record of the statements…

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Article R53-24 of the French Code of Criminal Procedure

The person who has benefited from the provisions of the first paragraph of Article 706-57 is advised that he or she must make any changes of address known to the police department or gendarmerie unit holding the register during the year following the hearing. Police services or gendarmerie units are obliged, at the request of the judicial authorities alone, to issue summonses from these authorities as soon as possible to…

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Article R53-25 of the French Code of Criminal Procedure

When heard as witnesses before an investigating or trial court, persons who have benefited from the provisions of Article 706-57 are authorised to continue to declare the address of the police department or gendarmerie unit as their domicile. This court may, however, ask persons who have benefited from the provisions of the first paragraph of this article to declare their true domicile.

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Article R53-27 of the French Code of Criminal Procedure

The request provided for in the first paragraph of Article 706-58 specifies the identity of the person and the reasons why, with regard to the elements contained in the file of the investigation proceedings or the information, which is attached, in copy or original, to the request, the statements of the person must be taken without his identity appearing in the proceedings. The application may be accompanied by a record…

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Article R53-28 of the French Code of Criminal Procedure

The separate files and the register provided for in the second paragraph of Article 706-58 are kept by the public prosecutor. They may only be communicated to the liberty and custody judge or investigating judge or, in the case provided for in the second paragraph of article 706-60, to the president of the investigating chamber.

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Article R53-29 of the French Code of Criminal Procedure

If the liberty and custody judge authorises the person to be heard without his or her identity appearing in the proceedings, that person shall be given a serial number which shall be entered on the separate file and in the register provided for in the second paragraph of article 706-58. The record of the hearing of the person and the record provided for in the second paragraph of Article 706-58,…

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Article R53-30 of the French Code of Criminal Procedure

At the end of the hearing, the person is asked to reread his or her statement as it has just been transcribed, to state whether he or she declares that his or her statements remain unchanged and to sign the separate minutes. This is mentioned in the main record, each page of which is signed, depending on the case, by the judicial police officer or the public prosecutor or by…

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Article R53-31 of the French Code of Criminal Procedure

The person who has benefited from the provisions of the first paragraph of Article 706-58 is informed that he or she must notify the public prosecutor of any changes of address during the year following the hearing. The summonses and subpoenas of this person are made through the intermediary of the public prosecutor. If the latter finds on this occasion that the person has changed address, he shall enter his…

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