Paragraph 3: Sworn private security guards

Sworn private security guards report all offences and contraventions affecting the properties in their care by means of official reports. Official reports are delivered or sent by registered post directly to the public prosecutor. This dispatch must take place, on pain of nullity, within five days of the day on which the fact, which is the subject of their official report, is observed.

The private guards mentioned in Article 29 are commissioned by the owner or any other holder of rights over the property they are responsible for guarding. They must be approved by the prefect of the department in which the property designated in the commission is located. The following may not be approved as private rangers: 1° Persons whose behaviour is incompatible with the performance of these duties, in particular if…