Upon receipt of the request, the secretary of the commission forwards a copy to the public prosecutor at the Cour de cassation and to the public prosecutor who took the decision to suspend or withdraw authorisation. The applicant’s judicial police officer file is sent to the commission’s secretariat together with a reasoned report from the public prosecutor who took the decision.
Within fifteen days of receiving the request, the chairman shall assign the report to one of the members of the commission.
The committee shall carry out or have carried out, either by one of its members or by rogatory commission, all useful investigative measures, in particular, if necessary, the hearing of the claimant who may be assisted by counsel of his choice. The Public Prosecutor at the Court of Cassation shall lodge his submissions with the secretariat at least twenty days before the date of the hearing.
After the presentation of the report by the magistrate in charge, the judicial police officer may call witnesses whose names and addresses must have been given to the secretariat of the commission at least five days before the date of the hearing. The public prosecutor at the Court of Cassation develops his conclusions. If they are present, the claimant and his counsel are heard.
The commission may either annul the decision or confirm it, or convert the withdrawal into a suspension or reduce the duration of the suspension. If the applicant is not present or represented when the commission’s decision is made, the decision shall be notified to him or her within forty-eight hours of its pronouncement by registered letter with acknowledgement of receipt. The judicial police officer’s file, together with a copy of…
Costs incurred before the commission, including the claimant’s travel expenses, are treated in the same way as criminal, correctional and police court costs. They are borne by the State.
The commission’s decision may be referred to the Court of Cassation for breach of the law.
The status of judicial police officer is granted by joint order of the Minister of Justice and the Minister of the Interior to peacekeepers who, pursuant to the article 20 (4° and 5°), have passed a technical examination covering criminal law, criminal procedure and civil liberties, after having received specific training. A joint order of the Keeper of the Seals, Minister of Justice, and the Minister of the Interior sets…
The status of judicial police officer is granted, pursuant to the article 20-1, to those retired national police officers and those retired national gendarmerie military personnel called up to serve in the national police operational reserve or the national gendarmerie operational reserve who have served during their activity as a judicial police officer or agent for a period at least equal to five years. To qualify for this status, national…
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