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Article 230-21 of the French Code of Criminal Procedure

The data used by the software covered by this chapter may only come from the judicial proceedings documents already held by the departments mentioned in article 230-20. When data is used which may indirectly reveal the identity of individuals, this identity may only be revealed once the matching operations have been carried out, and only for those items of data which have actually been matched with each other or with…

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Article 230-22 of the French Code of Criminal Procedure

Personal data that may be revealed by the exploitation of the enquiries and investigations mentioned in 1° of Article 230-20 shall be deleted when the investigation is closed and, in any event, on expiry of a period of three years. Personal data that may come to light as a result of the investigations referred to in 2° of the same article shall be deleted as soon as the investigation has…

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Article 230-23 of the French Code of Criminal Procedure

Without prejudice to the supervisory powers granted to the Commission Nationale de l’Informatique et des Libertés by the aforementioned loi n° 78-17 du 6 janvier 1978, the processing of personal data is carried out under the supervision of the competent public prosecutor, who may request that it be deleted, completed or rectified, particularly in the event of a judicial reclassification. Rectification for judicial requalification is automatic when requested by the…

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Article 230-24 of the French Code of Criminal Procedure

A magistrate, responsible for monitoring the implementation of software covered by this chapter and ensuring that data is kept up to date, appointed for this purpose by the Minister of Justice, shall assist in the application of Article 230-23. This magistrate may act ex officio or at the request of private individuals. He shall have direct access to such software for the performance of his duties.

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Article 230-25 of the French Code of Criminal Procedure

Only the following may use the software covered by this chapter: 1° Employees of the departments mentioned in article 230-20, individually designated and specially empowered, for the sole purposes of the investigations referred to them ; 2° Public prosecutors and investigating magistrates, for investigations relating to offences referred to them; 3° The competent public prosecutor, for the purposes of the supervision he or she exercises under article 230-23 ; 4°…

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Article 230-27 of the French Code of Criminal Procedure

Software covered by this chapter may only be authorised by decree in the Conseil d’Etat issued after consultation with the Commission nationale de l’informatique et des libertés. This decree shall specify, in particular, the offences concerned, the procedures for supplying the software, the conditions for authorising the persons mentioned in 1° of Article 230-25 and the procedures under which interested persons may exercise their right of access.

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Article 230-28 of the French Code of Criminal Procedure

A judicial autopsy may be ordered as part of a judicial investigation pursuant to articles 60, 74 and 77-1 or a judicial investigation pursuant to articles 156 et seq. It may only be carried out by a practitioner who holds a diploma attesting to his training in forensic medicine or a title justifying his experience in forensic medicine. During a forensic autopsy, the practitioner appointed for this purpose takes any…

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Article 230-29 of the French Code of Criminal Procedure

When a forensic autopsy has been carried out as part of an investigation or judicial enquiry and the preservation of the body of the deceased is no longer necessary to establish the truth, the competent judicial authority shall issue authorisation to release the body and a burial permit as soon as possible. The practitioner who has carried out a forensic autopsy is required to ensure that the body is restored…

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Article 230-30 of the French Code of Criminal Procedure

When the biological samples taken during a judicial autopsy are no longer necessary to establish the truth, the competent judicial authority may order their destruction. Destruction is carried out in accordance with the procedures set out in Article R. 1335-11 of the Public Health Code. However, subject to public health constraints and where these samples are the only elements that have enabled the deceased to be identified, the competent judicial…

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