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Article 624-6 of the French Code of Criminal Procedure

The claimant and the civil party may request a copy of all or part of the documents and records in the case file. If the case file has been digitised, this copy shall be provided in digitised form, if necessary by a means of telecommunication in accordance with the procedures set out in Article 803-1. The first copy of each document in the file is issued free of charge. This…

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Article 624-7 of the French Code of Criminal Procedure

The panel of the Court of Revision and Review rejects the application if it considers it to be unfounded. If it considers the application to be well-founded, it shall set aside the conviction handed down, except where an application for reconsideration of the convicted person’s appeal is granted. If it is possible to hold new adversarial hearings, the panel of the Court of Revision and Reconsideration will refer the applicant…

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Article 626 of the French Code of Criminal Procedure

A person convicted of a felony or misdemeanour by a final criminal judgment or, in the event of incapacity, his or her legal representative or, in the event of death or declared absence, the persons mentioned in 4° of Article 622-2 who intend to submit an application for review to the Court of Revision and Reconsideration may submit a written, reasoned request to the Public Prosecutor for any action to…

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Article 626-1 of the French Code of Criminal Procedure

Without prejudice to the single chapter of Title IV of Book I of the code de l’organisation judiciaire, a convicted person found innocent following a review or reconsideration granted pursuant to this Title is entitled to full compensation for the material and non-material damage caused to him by the conviction. However, no compensation shall be due where the person was convicted of acts of which he freely and voluntarily accused…

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Article 627 of the French Code of Criminal Procedure

For the application of the Statute of the International Criminal Court signed on 18 July 1998, France shall participate in the prosecution of offences and cooperate with that Court under the conditions laid down in this Title. The following provisions shall apply to any person prosecuted or convicted by the International Criminal Court for acts which constitute, within the meaning of Articles 6 to 8 and 25 of the Statute,…

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Article 627-1 of the French Code of Criminal Procedure

Requests for mutual assistance from the International Criminal Court shall be sent to the competent authorities pursuant to Article 87 of the Statute in the original or in a certified copy accompanied by all supporting documents. These documents shall be transmitted to the anti-terrorist public prosecutor who shall take all appropriate action. In urgent cases, these documents may be transmitted directly and by any means to this magistrate. They are…

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Article 627-2 of the French Code of Criminal Procedure

Requests for mutual assistance shall be executed, depending on the case, by the anti-terrorist public prosecutor or the investigating judge in Paris, who shall act throughout the national territory in the presence, where appropriate, of the prosecutor at the International Criminal Court or his representative, or any other person mentioned in the request from the International Criminal Court. The minutes drawn up in execution of these requests are sent to…

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Article 627-3 of the French Code of Criminal Procedure

The execution on French territory of the precautionary measures referred to in Article 93(1)(k) of the Staff Regulations shall be ordered, at the advanced expense of the Treasury and in accordance with the procedures laid down in this Code, by the Counter-Terrorism Public Prosecutor. The maximum duration of these measures is limited to two years. They may be renewed under the same conditions before the expiry of that period at…

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Article 627-4 of the French Code of Criminal Procedure

Requests for arrest with a view to surrender issued by the International Criminal Court shall be sent, in the original and accompanied by all supporting documents, to the competent authorities pursuant to Article 87 of the Statute which, after ensuring that they are formally in order, shall transmit them to the Public Prosecutor at the Paris Court of Appeal and, at the same time, execute them throughout the territory of…

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