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Section 2: Provisions applicable to the procedure for immediate collection by enforcement officers

Article A37-21 of the French Code of Criminal Procedure

In order to record offences subject to the fixed fine procedure and to receive payment for them, where payment is made immediately, ticketing officers use standard counterfoil receipt books, measuring 100 mm × 217 mm, the characteristics of which are set out in the provisions of this section. These books are also used to collect the deposit provided for by Article L. 121-4 of the Highway Code.

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Article A37-23 of the French Code of Criminal Procedure

The front and back of sheet no. 1 of the bundle contain a reminder of the laws and regulations applicable to the offences mentioned in Article A. 37-21. The fronts of leaflets nos 2, 3, 4 and 5 contain identical information by duplication effect. Slip no. 2 constitutes the actual receipt; it is given with slip no. 1 to the offender or perpetrator. On the front of slips nos 2,…

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Article A37-25 of the French Code of Criminal Procedure

I. – On the front of slips no. 2, 3, 4 and 5, on the left-hand side of “B. Collection”, the offender and the enforcement officers sign their names under the heading: “He acknowledges having been informed of the provisions set out on the back of this document”. Encaissement”, the offender and the ticketing officers affix their signatures under the words: “He acknowledges having been informed of the provisions set…

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Article A37-27 of the French Code of Criminal Procedure

I. – On the front of slips no. 2, 3, 4 and 5, on the left-hand side of “B. Encaissement”, the offender and the ticketing officers affix their signatures under the words: “He acknowledges having been informed, prior to payment, of the provisions set out on the reverse of this document (in particular those of Article L. 223-3 of the Highway Code and that this payment entails definitive recognition of…

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Article A37-27-1 of the French Code of Criminal Procedure

Attending officers may also receive immediate payment of the fixed fine or the deposit provided for in article L. 121-4 of the Highway Code, when the official report is drawn up using a secure electronic device whose characteristics are defined by article A. 37-19; the procedures for drawing up these minutes are set out in article A. 37-27-2. To collect the fine or deposit, a standard collection counterfoil receipt book…

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Article A37-27-2 of the French Code of Criminal Procedure

The official statement of facts drawn up using a secure electronic device is drawn up in accordance with the provisions of this article. I.-In the case of an offence that does not result in the loss of points, the offender signs a screen page on the terminal that provides an unalterable summary of the information relating to the offence recorded against him/her, preceded by the information relating to the rights…

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Article A37-27-3 of the French Code of Criminal Procedure

The five sheets of each of the booklets of counterfoil receipts for collection meet the following characteristics. The front and back of sheet no. 1 of the bundle include a reminder of the legislative and regulatory texts applicable to contraventions subject to the fixed fine procedure. The fronts of slips nos 2, 3, 4 and 5, which contain identical information by duplication effect, are intended to collect the information needed…

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