Chapter II: The Public Prosecutor's Office

The Public Prosecutor sends the Minister of Justice the annual criminal policy report on the application of the law and the general instructions, as well as the annual report on the activity and management of the public prosecutor’s offices within his jurisdiction, provided for in the third paragraph of article 35, before 31 March of the year following the year to which they relate. The information contained in these two…

The Public Prosecutor sends the Attorney General the annual criminal policy report on the application of the law and the general instructions, as well as the annual report on the activity and management of his Public Prosecutor’s Office, provided for in the second paragraph of article 39-1, before 31 January of the year following the year to which they relate. The information contained in these two reports may be combined…

For the application of the provisions of articles 39-1 and 39-2 of this code, the public prosecutor is an ex officio member of the territorial cooperation bodies for the prevention of delinquency mentioned by the general code for territorial authorities. Within these bodies, as well as any other territorial administrative body or commission, he represents the judicial authority and the decentralised departments of the Ministry of Justice, with, when they…

The delegates of the public prosecutor authorised in accordance with articles R. 15-33-30 to R. 15-33-37 may hold office hours at the judicial court and in legal access centres or any other place designated by the public prosecutor, in order to carry out the tasks entrusted to them, and in particular for the purposes of implementing the measures provided for in Article 41-1 or the criminal compositions provided for by…

When, pursuant to article 40-2, the public prosecutor notifies a victim of his decision to discontinue proceedings, he shall inform the victim that he may request a copy of the case file, pursuant to 2° of article R. 155.

When a crime provided for by articles 221-1 to 221-4 and 222-1 to 222-10 of the Criminal Code has been committed, on national territory, in private residential premises, the public prosecutor may decide, in respect of the costs mentioned in 6° of Article R. 92, to request a company to carry out technical cleaning work on the premises once it is no longer necessary to leave them in the state…

The minutes of the acts carried out in execution of requisitions made pursuant to the third paragraph of Article 41 shall be returned directly to the instructing public prosecutor. When the case is referred to the Investigating Chamber or the Criminal Appeals Chamber of the Court of Appeal, the Public Prosecutor may, in accordance with the provisions of the eighth paragraph of Article 41, issue requisitions for the purposes of…

The Public Prosecutor at the judicial court in which there is no investigating division notifies the Public Prosecutor at the court in which this division is located of the offences and investigations brought to his attention as soon as it appears to him that these facts and proceedings are likely to give rise to the opening of an investigation of a criminal nature or with co-investigation. These two magistrates then…

The Public Prosecutor at the judicial court in which there is no investigating division shall immediately notify the Public Prosecutor at the court in which that division is located when the provisions of the first paragraph of II of Article 80 of the last paragraph of Article 397-2 ou de l’article 397-7. When this magistrate applies the provisions of article 397-7, he or she requests that the investigation be opened…

The public prosecutor at the judicial court within which there is an investigating division shall immediately notify the public prosecutor at the court within which there is no division when he applies the provisions of the second paragraph of II of Article 80 or of III of that article. This magistrate shall also notify the court in good time of his settlement orders. He shall send him the proceedings without…