Book I: Provisions common to all courts

In the event of the intervention of a third party to the proceedings, the court registrar shall immediately notify the judge or the technician responsible for carrying out the investigative measure. The intervener is given the opportunity to present his observations on the operations that have already been carried out.

Decisions relating to the execution of an investigative measure are not subject to opposition; they may only be appealed or appealed to the Supreme Court at the same time as the judgment on the merits. They take the form either of a simple mention in the case file or in the hearing register or, if necessary, of an order or a judgment.

Decisions taken by the judge assigned or by the judge in charge of the review do not have the authority of res judicata.

The judge responsible for carrying out or supervising the performance of an investigative measure may establish that the parties have reached an agreement, even in part.

As soon as the investigative measure has been carried out, the proceedings shall continue at the behest of the judge. The judge may, within the limits of his jurisdiction, immediately hear the parties in their observations or pleadings, even on the premises, and immediately rule on their claims.

The minutes, opinions or reports drawn up, on the occasion of or following the execution of an investigative measure shall be sent or given in copy to each of the parties by the clerk of the court who drew them up or by the technician who drew them up, as the case may be. A mention of this is made on the original.

The judge may have a sound, visual or audiovisual recording made of all or part of the investigative steps he or she takes. The recording shall be kept at the court registry. Each party may request that a copy or transcript of the recording be given to them, at their own expense.