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Article 706-177 of the French Code of Criminal Procedure

November 7, 2023

Within each judicial court whose territorial jurisdiction is extended to the jurisdiction of one or more courts of appeal, the public prosecutor and the first president, after consulting the public prosecutor and the president of the judicial court, shall respectively designate one or more public prosecutors, investigating judges and trial judges with special responsibility for the investigation, prosecution, investigation and trial of offences falling within the scope of the same…

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Article 706-178 of the French Code of Criminal Procedure

November 7, 2023

The public prosecutor, the investigating judge and the specialised correctional panel of the judicial court mentioned in Article 706-176 exercise, throughout the jurisdiction determined pursuant to that same article, concurrent jurisdiction with that resulting from the application of the articles 43,52,382 et 706-42. The court seised retains jurisdiction, regardless of the charges brought in the settlement or judgment of the case. However, if the facts constitute a contravention, the investigating…

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Article 706-179 of the French Code of Criminal Procedure

November 7, 2023

The public prosecutor at a judicial court other than those mentioned in Article 706-176 may, for offences falling within the scope of the same Article 706-176, request the investigating judge to relinquish jurisdiction in favour of the competent investigating court pursuant to the said Article. The parties are notified in advance and invited to make their observations by the investigating judge. The order is made eight days at the earliest…

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Article 706-180 of the French Code of Criminal Procedure

November 7, 2023

The order made pursuant to Article 706-179 may, to the exclusion of all other means of appeal, be referred within five days of its notification, at the request of the public prosecutor or the parties, either to the investigating chamber if the specialised court in favour of which relinquishment was ordered or refused is within the jurisdiction of the court of appeal in which the court initially seised is located,…

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Article 706-181 of the French Code of Criminal Procedure

November 7, 2023

The magistrates mentioned in Article 706-178 as well as the public prosecutor at the competent court of appeal may ask specialist assistants, appointed under the conditions provided for in article 706, to take part, in accordance with the procedures set out in that same article 706, in proceedings concerning offences falling within the scope of l’article 706-176.

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Article 706-182 of the French Code of Criminal Procedure

November 7, 2023

The public prosecutor at the court of appeal within whose jurisdiction a court with jurisdiction pursuant to article 706-176 leads and coordinates, in consultation with the other public prosecutors in the inter-regional jurisdiction, the conduct of public action policy for the application of that same article.

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Article 707 of the French Code of Criminal Procedure

November 7, 2023

I.-On the decision or under the supervision of the judicial authorities, the sentences handed down by the criminal courts are, except in insurmountable circumstances, enforced effectively and as quickly as possible. II.-The enforcement regime for custodial and restrictive sentences aims to prepare for the integration or reintegration of the convicted person in order to enable him or her to act as a responsible person, respectful of the rules and interests…

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Article 707-1 of the French Code of Criminal Procedure

November 7, 2023

The Public Prosecutor and the parties shall each pursue the enforcement of the sentence as far as they are concerned. However, proceedings for the recovery of fines and the enforcement of value confiscations are carried out on behalf of the public prosecutor by the competent public accountant or, in cases where the value confiscation is enforced on previously seized property, by the Agency for the Management and Recovery of Seized…

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Article 707-2 of the French Code of Criminal Procedure

November 7, 2023

In criminal or police matters, any convicted person may pay the amount of the fixed procedural fee due pursuant to article 1018 A of the General Tax Code and, where applicable, the amount of the fine to which they have been sentenced, within one month of the date on which the judgment was handed down. When the convicted person pays the amount of the fixed procedural fee or the amount…

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Article 707-3 of the French Code of Criminal Procedure

November 7, 2023

When the court imposes a fine in a criminal or police matter, the president shall notify the convicted person that, if he pays the amount of this fine within one month of the date on which the judgment was handed down, this amount shall be reduced by 20%, without this reduction exceeding 1,500 euros. The president shall inform the sentenced person that payment of the fine does not preclude the…

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