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Article D45-9 of the French Code of Criminal Procedure

The time limits mentioned in articles 495-18 and 495-19 are assessed, in the event that payment of the fine is sent by post, with regard to the date of dispatch of the means of payment attested by the postal operator’s stamp. When notices of offence or increased fixed fine are sent to a person residing abroad, that person may make payment within one month of the deadlines mentioned in articles…

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Article D45-10 of the French Code of Criminal Procedure

The automatic increase in fixed fines provided for by the last paragraph of article 495-18 is recorded by the Public Prosecutor, who mentions it on the enforcement order provided for in the first paragraph of Article 495-19. The enforcement order shall mention in an annex, for each fine, the identity and domicile of the person concerned, the place and date of the offence and the amount of the increased fixed…

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Article D45-11 of the French Code of Criminal Procedure

The accounting officer of the Directorate General of Public Finance sends the interested party, for each fine, an extract from the enforcement order concerning him in the form of a notice inviting him to pay the amount of the increased fixed fine. This notice contains the information provided for in 1° of article D. 45-5 and indicates the time limit and procedures for the complaint provided for in the second…

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Article D45-15 of the French Code of Criminal Procedure

I.-The person making the request for exoneration or the claim is exempt from the deposit if they send a copy of the receipt for the complaint lodged for the offence of identity theft provided for by article 434-23 of the Penal Code. II.-Where the fixed fine procedure relates to the offence of driving without a licence, a deposit is also waived if a photocopy of the driver’s licence valid at…

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Article D45-16 of the French Code of Criminal Procedure

In accordance with the provisions of articles 39-3 and 495-22, the Public Prosecutor of the Judicial Court of Rennes is competent to: 1° Where the information in the official report does not comply with the provisions of articles 495-17 to 495-24-1 or with the provisions of this section, terminate the fixed fine procedure and send this report, in dematerialised form, to the public prosecutor of the judicial court in whose…

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Article D45-17 of the French Code of Criminal Procedure

In the event of conviction to a fine, the court shall specify in its decision the amount of the fine remaining due after deduction of the amount of the deposit. In the event of a decision to acquit, or, in the case provided for in the last paragraph of Article 495-21, of sentencing to a penalty other than a fine or to a fine less than the amount of the…

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