Article 188 of the French Code of Criminal Procedure
An investigated person in respect of whom the investigating judge has said that there are no grounds to proceed may no longer be sought for the same act, unless new charges arise.
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An investigated person in respect of whom the investigating judge has said that there are no grounds to proceed may no longer be sought for the same act, unless new charges arise.
New charges include witness statements, exhibits and minutes which, although they could not be submitted to the examining magistrate for examination, are nevertheless of such a nature as either to strengthen the charges which would have been found too weak, or to give the facts new developments useful to the ascertainment of the truth.
It is for the public prosecutor alone to decide whether to request that the investigation be reopened on new charges.
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