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Article R50-13 of the French Code of Criminal Procedure

The Chairman of the Commission or the Assessing Magistrate shall hear the case; he may conduct or cause to be conducted any hearings and investigations that may be useful. However, if it is clear from the information in the application or the documents attached that the applicant does not meet one of the conditions set out in Article 706-3, it shall immediately proceed as stated in articles R. 50-17 et…

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Article R50-14 of the French Code of Criminal Procedure

The claimant and the guarantee fund may inspect the file at the commission’s secretariat and submit any observations they consider useful in examining the claim for compensation. The claimant and the guarantee fund may have copies of the documents in the file issued by the secretariat at their own expense. In the case of reports of the offence or documents from criminal proceedings, the issue or sending of copies is…

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Article R50-15 of the French Code of Criminal Procedure

When the claimant requests the award of an advance, the chairman of the commission immediately communicates the request to the public prosecutor and the guarantee fund and obtains their observations. The Chairman will make a decision within one month of the request by means of an order notified to the Public Prosecutor. This shall be done as stated in Article R. 50-22.

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Article R50-17 of the French Code of Criminal Procedure

The secretary of the commission convenes the claimant and the guarantee fund at least two months in advance to the hearing that has been set. This summons is sent by registered letter with acknowledgement of receipt to the claimant and by simple letter to the guarantee fund. The parties are informed in the summons that their observations must be sent to the commission no later than fifteen days before the…

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Article R50-20 of the French Code of Criminal Procedure

At the hearing, the commission, where it considers that the case should be referred to another hearing, shall immediately set the date of that hearing. When the parties are neither present nor represented, they are informed of this referral by registered letter with acknowledgement of receipt, with the exception of the guarantee fund, which is informed by simple letter.

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