Chapter I: Declaration of a witness's address at a police station or gendarmerie brigade

Where the provisions of the first paragraph of Article 706-57, the record of the statements made by the person heard shall mention the authorisation given by the public prosecutor or the investigating judge.

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…

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…

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.

The provisions of this chapter are not prescribed on pain of nullity.