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Article 706-48 of the French Code of Criminal Procedure

Minors who are victims of one of the offences mentioned in Article 706-47 may be the subject of a medical-psychological assessment designed to assess the nature and extent of the harm suffered and to establish whether this makes appropriate treatment or care necessary. Such an assessment may be ordered at the investigation stage by the public prosecutor.

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Article 706-49 of the French Code of Criminal Procedure

The public prosecutor or investigating judge shall inform the children’s judge without delay of the existence of proceedings concerning a minor who is the victim of one of the offences mentioned in Article 706-47 and provide him/her with all relevant documents, where educational assistance proceedings have been opened in respect of the minor who is the victim of this offence.

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Article 706-50 of the French Code of Criminal Procedure

The public prosecutor or examining magistrate, seised of acts committed voluntarily against a minor, appoints an ad hoc administrator when the minor’s interests are not fully protected by his or her legal representatives or by one of them. The ad hoc administrator ensures the protection of the minor’s interests and, if necessary, exercises the rights of a civil party on the minor’s behalf. If a civil party is formed, the…

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Article 706-51 of the French Code of Criminal Procedure

The ad hoc administrator appointed pursuant to the previous article shall be appointed by the competent magistrate, either from among the child’s relatives, or from a list of persons whose constitution procedures shall be laid down by decree in the Conseil d’Etat. This decree also specifies the conditions for their compensation.

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Article 706-51-1 of the French Code of Criminal Procedure

Any minor who is the victim of one of the offences mentioned in Article 706-47 shall be assisted by a lawyer when heard by the investigating judge. If the minor’s legal representatives or ad hoc administrator fail to appoint a lawyer, the judge immediately notifies the President of the Bar so that he can appoint a lawyer ex officio. The provisions of article 114 shall apply to this lawyer in…

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Article 706-52 of the French Code of Criminal Procedure

During the investigation and information, the hearing of a minor who is the victim of one of the offences referred to in Article 706-47 shall be the subject of an audiovisual recording. Under the same conditions, the hearing of a minor who is the victim of one of the offences provided for in articles 222-33-2-2 and 222-33-2-3 of the Criminal Code may be the subject of an audiovisual recording. The…

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Article 706-53 of the French Code of Criminal Procedure

At all stages of the proceedings, a minor who is the victim of a crime or offence may, at his or her request, be accompanied by his or her legal representative and, where applicable, by the adult of his or her choice, unless article 706-50 has been applied or unless a reasoned decision to the contrary has been taken by the competent judicial authority. He or she may be accompanied,…

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Article 706-53-1 of the French Code of Criminal Procedure

The automated national judicial file of perpetrators of sexual or violent offences constitutes an automated application of nominative information maintained by the criminal records department under the authority of the Minister of Justice and the supervision of a magistrate. In order to prevent the repetition of the offences mentioned in article 706-47 and to facilitate the identification of their authors, this processing receives, stores and communicates to authorised persons the…

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Article 706-53-2 of the French Code of Criminal Procedure

Where they concern, subject to the provisions of the last paragraph of this Article, one or more of the offences mentioned in Article 706-47, information relating to the identity as well as the address or successive addresses of the domicile and, where applicable, residences, of the persons who have been the subject of : 1° A conviction, even if not yet final, including a conviction in absentia or a conviction…

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Article 706-53-3 of the French Code of Criminal Procedure

The public prosecutor or the competent investigating judge shall have the information to be included in the file recorded without delay via a secure means of telecommunication. However, this information will only be accessible when the file is consulted after the identity of the person concerned has been verified, where possible, by the service managing the file on the basis of the national identification register. When they become aware of…

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