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Article D15-3-3 of the French Code of Criminal Procedure

When a crime provided for by articles 221-1 to 221-4 and 222-1 to 222-10 of the Criminal Code has been committed, on national territory, in private residential premises, the public prosecutor may decide, in respect of the costs mentioned in 6° of Article R. 92, to request a company to carry out technical cleaning work on the premises once it is no longer necessary to leave them in the state…

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Article D15-4 of the French Code of Criminal Procedure

The minutes of the acts carried out in execution of requisitions made pursuant to the third paragraph of Article 41 shall be returned directly to the instructing public prosecutor. When the case is referred to the Investigating Chamber or the Criminal Appeals Chamber of the Court of Appeal, the Public Prosecutor may, in accordance with the provisions of the eighth paragraph of Article 41, issue requisitions for the purposes of…

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Article D15-4-1 of the French Code of Criminal Procedure

The Public Prosecutor at the judicial court in which there is no investigating division notifies the Public Prosecutor at the court in which this division is located of the offences and investigations brought to his attention as soon as it appears to him that these facts and proceedings are likely to give rise to the opening of an investigation of a criminal nature or with co-investigation. These two magistrates then…

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Article D15-4-2 of the French Code of Criminal Procedure

The Public Prosecutor at the judicial court in which there is no investigating division shall immediately notify the Public Prosecutor at the court in which that division is located when the provisions of the first paragraph of II of Article 80 of the last paragraph of Article 397-2 ou de l’article 397-7. When this magistrate applies the provisions of article 397-7, he or she requests that the investigation be opened…

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Article D15-4-3 of the French Code of Criminal Procedure

The public prosecutor at the judicial court within which there is an investigating division shall immediately notify the public prosecutor at the court within which there is no division when he applies the provisions of the second paragraph of II of Article 80 or of III of that article. This magistrate shall also notify the court in good time of his settlement orders. He shall send him the proceedings without…

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Article D15-4-4 of the French Code of Criminal Procedure

For the application of the provisions of Article 52-1, the judicial courts in which there is an investigating division and the territorial jurisdiction of these divisions are determined as follows: HEADQUARTERS TERRITORIAL JURISDICTION extending to the jurisdiction of the judicial courts of : fCour d’appel d’Agen Agen. Agen, Auch, Cahors, Marmande. Aix-en-Provence Court of Appeal Aix-en-Provence. Aix-en-Provence, Digne-les-Bains, Tarascon. Draguignan. Draguignan. Grasse. Grasse. Marseille. Marseille. Nice. Nice. Toulon. Toulon. Cour…

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Article D15-4-5 of the French Code of Criminal Procedure

The coordinating investigating judge(s) of the division provided for in the fourth paragraph of Article 52-1 shall be appointed by the president of the judicial court at the beginning of the judicial year, following the opinion of the general assembly of sitting judges. The coordinating judge may convene regular meetings of the various investigating judges of the investigating division in order to examine the progress of proceedings with a view…

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Article D15-4-6 of the French Code of Criminal Procedure

In the event of a request for a lawyer to be appointed ex officio made, in accordance with the provisions of Articles 113-3 or 116, before the investigating judge of a court in which there is an investigating division, in the course of an investigation concerning acts initially falling within the jurisdiction of a court in which there is no investigating division, this magistrate shall by any means inform the…

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Article D15-4-7 of the French Code of Criminal Procedure

Where the person under investigation, for acts initially falling within the jurisdiction of a judicial court in which there is no investigating division, by the investigating judge of a court in which there is a division is defended by a lawyer, chosen or appointed by the court, belonging to the bar of the court without a division, the applications for release or modification of judicial supervision or for release that…

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Article D15-5 of the French Code of Criminal Procedure

When a requisition under the article 60-1 without a dedicated report being drawn up, mention of this act is made in the report setting out the steps taken by the requesting magistrate, the judicial police officer or, under the latter’s supervision, the judicial police officer. Where applicable, the content of the requisition made by electronic means of communication is appended, in paper or digital format, to the previous report. This…

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