Section 2: Specific powers of the President of the Investigating Chamber

At least once a year, on the occasion of one of the half-yearly statements provided for in article 221, the President of the Examining Magistrate’s Chamber or a member of the Chamber delegated by him will receive the Examining Magistrates within his jurisdiction to examine the content of these statements. This meeting may also take place on the occasion of a visit to the investigating judge’s chambers by the president…

For the application of the provisions of articles 220, 221-1, 221-3 and 223, the president of the investigating chamber may at any time ask an investigating judge within the jurisdiction of the court of appeal to provide him or her with a copy of the file of an ongoing investigation.

The President of the Examining Magistrates’ Chamber shall inform each Examining Magistrate within the jurisdiction of the Court of Appeal of the designation of the referral magistrate for this Chamber chosen by him or her to be specifically responsible for ensuring the administrative monitoring of this judge’s chambers and for exercising, as far as he or she is concerned, all or part of the powers provided for by the articles…

On pain of inadmissibility, the request by the person under investigation for the whole of the proceedings to be examined by the investigating chamber pursuant to the provisions of Article 221-3 shall be the subject of a reasoned request to the President of this Chamber, which shall be forwarded to the latter via the Examining Magistrate in accordance with the provisions of this Article. This request shall specify whether the…

In accordance with articles 41-4,41-6,99,706-153 et 778, the president of the investigating chamber has sole jurisdiction to rule on applications or appeals or disputes relating to: -to the restitution of objects placed under court supervision; -to the seizure of intangible property or rights; -to applications for the rectification of civil status. The author of the application or appeal may, however, specify in his application or appeal that he is referring…

Where, pursuant to articles 41-4,41-6,99,706-153 and 778 or any other legislative provision, the president of the investigating chamber is competent to rule alone on an application, appeal or dispute, he shall rule within a reasonable time and in compliance with the adversarial process, after having received the written observations of the public prosecutor and the parties. Unless the law provides otherwise, the decision of the president of the investigating chamber…