Title XXI bis: Protection of persons benefiting from exemptions or reductions in penalties for having prevented the commission of offences, for having stopped or mitigated the damage caused by an offence, or for having identified the perpetrators or accomplices of offences

The persons mentioned in Article 132-78 of the Penal Code shall, where necessary, be subject to protection designed to ensure their safety. They may also benefit from measures designed to ensure their reintegration. If necessary, these persons may be authorised, by reasoned order issued by the president of the judicial court, to use an assumed identity. The fact of revealing that a person is using an assumed identity in application…

Where such an appearance is likely to seriously endanger their life or physical integrity or that of their relatives, the trial court may, of its own motion or at the request of persons using an assumed identity pursuant to the second paragraph of Article 706-63-1, order them to be held in camera or to appear under conditions that preserve the anonymity of their physical appearance, including by benefiting from a…