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Article R15-17-2 of the French Code of Criminal Procedure

November 6, 2023

The duties of investigation assistant may be performed by the staff mentioned in article 21-3 who have passed an examination certifying their suitability to carry out the duties provided for in that same article, after having received specific training relating to those duties, and who are assigned to a national police service or a national gendarmerie unit from among those mentioned in articles R. 15-18 à R. 15-25. A joint…

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Article R15-17-3 of the French Code of Criminal Procedure

November 6, 2023

Investigation assistants may only take up their duties after taking an oath before the judicial court within whose jurisdiction their department or unit of assignment or the location of their training centre, school or instruction centre is situated during their training to perform the duties of an investigation assistant. The wording of the oath is as follows: “I swear that I will faithfully and impartially perform my duties and observe…

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Article R15-17-4 of the French Code of Criminal Procedure

November 6, 2023

Investigation assistants shall have access to the case file for the performance of the tasks entrusted to them and shall be bound by professional secrecy under the conditions of Article 11. They may not receive or seek instructions other than those from judicial police officers and, where they are competent, judicial police officers, under whose authority they are placed.

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Article R15-17-5 of the French Code of Criminal Procedure

November 6, 2023

I.-Investigation assistants shall, at the express request and under the supervision of the judicial police officer or the judicial police agent, where the latter is competent, carry out the acts and procedures provided for in Article 21-3. They may draw up a report of these acts and procedures, in which their name, capacity and the request on which they are acting are mentioned, as well as the name and capacity…

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Article R15-18 of the French Code of Criminal Procedure

November 6, 2023

The active departments of the national police within which officers and agents of the judicial police carry out their usual duties and whose jurisdiction covers the entire national territory are as follows: 1° La direction centrale de la police judiciaire; 2° La direction centrale de la police aux frontières; 3° L’inspection générale de la police nationale; 4° La direction générale de la sécurité intérieure; 5° Le détachement de la police…

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Article R15-19 of the French Code of Criminal Procedure

November 6, 2023

The categories of active services of the national police within which officers and agents of the judicial police perform their usual duties and whose jurisdiction is exercised within the remit of one or more defence zones or parts thereof are as follows: 1° The zonal directorates of the judicial police, together with their territorial directorates and judicial police services and the regional directorates of the judicial police together with their…

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Article R15-20 of the French Code of Criminal Procedure

November 6, 2023

The categories of active services of the national police force within which officers and agents of the judicial police perform their usual duties and whose jurisdiction is exercised within the jurisdiction of an overseas department or collectivity and in New Caledonia are as follows: 1° The departmental public security directorates, departmental sureties and public security divisions; 2° In respect of the border police: a) The departmental directorates and, subject to…

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Article R15-21 of the French Code of Criminal Procedure

November 6, 2023

The creation or abolition of the services referred to in the preceding articles is decided by decree when their territorial jurisdiction exceeds the limits of a department. It shall be decided by order of the Minister of the Interior when their territorial jurisdiction does not exceed these limits. Their territorial jurisdiction shall be modified according to the same forms.

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Article R15-22 of the French Code of Criminal Procedure

November 6, 2023

The services or units of the national gendarmerie within which officers and agents of the judicial police carry out their usual duties and whose jurisdiction extends to the whole of the national territory are as follows: 1° The sub-directorate of the judicial police of the general directorate of the national gendarmerie; 2° The general inspectorate of the national gendarmerie; 3° The central criminal intelligence service of the national gendarmerie; 4°…

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Article R15-23 of the French Code of Criminal Procedure

November 6, 2023

The categories of national gendarmerie units within which officers and agents of the judicial police carry out their usual duties and whose jurisdiction extends to the area of responsibility of one or more defence and security zones, or parts thereof, are as follows: 1° Les sections de recherches de la gendarmerie départementale; 2° Les sections d’appui judiciaire autres que celles mentionnées à l’article R. 15-22; 3° Gendarmerie motorway platoons and…

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