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Article R53-21-8 of the French Code of Criminal Procedure

During searches, the identities consulted shall also include the result of the check carried out by the department managing the file in accordance with article R. 53-21-4. If the person concerned was born outside mainland France or if his or her place of birth is unknown, the words: “identity not verifiable by the service” are entered.

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Article R53-21-9 of the French Code of Criminal Procedure

The information contained in the directory will be sent to the following, via the judicial authority and for the performance of their duties: 1° Experts or persons appointed by the judicial authority to carry out an assessment or evaluation of dangerousness in the course of the investigation, the enquiry, the judgment, the execution of the sentence, or in the context of a security measure or a psychiatric care measure; 2°…

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Article R53-21-11 of the French Code of Criminal Procedure

Any person whose identity is entered in the register may ask the public prosecutor to order the rectification or deletion of information concerning them if the information is not accurate or if the legal conditions for its retention are no longer met. The competent public prosecutor is the one who made the recording or that of the court to which the judicial authority that made the recording belongs. If the…

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Article R53-21-13 of the French Code of Criminal Procedure

The competent magistrate must inform the interested party of his decision by registered letter with acknowledgement of receipt, within three months of receiving the request. If there is no response within this period, or if the magistrate does not order the rectification or deletion, the interested party may refer the matter to the liberty and custody judge for the same purpose within ten days by registered letter with acknowledgement of…

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Article R53-21-15 of the French Code of Criminal Procedure

If the liberty and custody judge fails to give a ruling within three months or if the request for rectification or deletion is not granted, the interested party may, within ten days, refer the matter to the president of the investigating chamber, by registered letter with acknowledgement of receipt or by declaration to the clerk’s office. On pain of inadmissibility, his challenge must be reasoned.

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