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Article R53-20 of the French Code of Criminal Procedure

Where it has not been taken in the course of the investigation, enquiry or trial proceedings, the sample shall be taken, on the instructions of the public prosecutor or the public prosecutor and in accordance with the procedures set out in I of Article 706-56, within one year at the latest: 1° Either, if the person has been definitively sentenced to a penalty, from the end of the execution of…

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Article R53-20-1 of the French Code of Criminal Procedure

Unless otherwise decided by the public prosecutor, the judicial police officer or, in the course of an investigation, the investigating judge, seals and samples relating to the traces and samples mentioned in 1°, 1° bis, 3° and 4° of I and 1° and 2° of III of Article R. 53-10 are sent, when the analysis has been carried out, to the central service for the preservation of biological samples with…

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Article R53-20-2 of the French Code of Criminal Procedure

I.-Seals and samples are sent to the central service for the preservation of biological samples in standardised packaging in accordance with the procedures laid down by joint order of the Minister of Justice and the Minister of the Interior, and accompanied by the information mentioned in article R. 53-11. When the packaging of the seals and biological samples sent to it does not comply with the requirements set by the…

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Article R53-21 of the French Code of Criminal Procedure

The magistrate mentioned in article R. 53-16, assisted by the committee provided for in the same article, controls the conditions under which the central service for the preservation of biological samples operates. It may carry out any on-site checks. The authority responsible for the service shall send it an annual activity report and, at its request, any information relating to the operation of the service. The magistrate shall draw up…

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Article R53-21-1 of the French Code of Criminal Procedure

The Minister of Justice is authorised to implement automated processing of personal data known as “Redex” (Répertoire des Expertises), consisting of the directory of personal data collected in the context of legal proceedings provided for in Article 706-56-2. This processing is supervised by the magistrate in charge of the national criminal records department, who ensures compliance with the provisions of this title.

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Article R53-21-2 of the French Code of Criminal Procedure

I.-The persons whose data is recorded in the register are those being prosecuted, within the meaning of paragraphs 10 and 1 of Article 706-56-2, and those convicted of one of the offences for which socio-judicial supervision is incurred. II.-Expert reports, assessments and psychiatric, medical-psychological, psychological and multidisciplinary examinations of the persons mentioned in I are recorded in the register when they have been ordered:

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Article R53-21-3 of the French Code of Criminal Procedure

The data mentioned in the previous article shall be recorded in the register by the judicial authority that ordered it, the agents of its registry or the persons authorised to assist them by virtue of article R. 123-14 du code de l’organisation judiciaire. When the examination has been ordered by a judicial police officer, the recording is made by the public prosecutor under whose supervision the investigation is being conducted….

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Article R53-21-5 of the French Code of Criminal Procedure

I.-The following information is recorded for each person entered in the register: 1° Information relating to the person him/herself : surname, forename(s), gender, date and place of birth of the person, nationality(ies) as well as, where applicable, alias(es), change of name(s) and customary name(s); information relating to the filiation of the person is also recorded, if this person does not appear in the National Register for the Identification of Natural…

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Article R53-21-6 of the French Code of Criminal Procedure

The file manager checks the validity of the information recorded and, depending on the case, refuses or deletes records that do not comply with legal requirements. The magistrate in charge of the national criminal records department, who is responsible for monitoring the planned processing, and the manager have direct and permanent access to the processing as part of their duties.

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