Chapter III: The Examining Magistrate and the Investigating Divisions

For the application of the provisions of Article 52-1, the judicial courts in which there is an investigating division and the territorial jurisdiction of these divisions are determined as follows: HEADQUARTERS TERRITORIAL JURISDICTION extending to the jurisdiction of the judicial courts of : fCour d’appel d’Agen Agen. Agen, Auch, Cahors, Marmande. Aix-en-Provence Court of Appeal Aix-en-Provence. Aix-en-Provence, Digne-les-Bains, Tarascon. Draguignan. Draguignan. Grasse. Grasse. Marseille. Marseille. Nice. Nice. Toulon. Toulon. Cour…

The coordinating investigating judge(s) of the division provided for in the fourth paragraph of Article 52-1 shall be appointed by the president of the judicial court at the beginning of the judicial year, following the opinion of the general assembly of sitting judges. The coordinating judge may convene regular meetings of the various investigating judges of the investigating division in order to examine the progress of proceedings with a view…

In the event of a request for a lawyer to be appointed ex officio made, in accordance with the provisions of Articles 113-3 or 116, before the investigating judge of a court in which there is an investigating division, in the course of an investigation concerning acts initially falling within the jurisdiction of a court in which there is no investigating division, this magistrate shall by any means inform the…

Where the person under investigation, for acts initially falling within the jurisdiction of a judicial court in which there is no investigating division, by the investigating judge of a court in which there is a division is defended by a lawyer, chosen or appointed by the court, belonging to the bar of the court without a division, the applications for release or modification of judicial supervision or for release that…