Article A53-8 of the French Code of Criminal Procedure
November 5, 2023
Any procedural document in digital format may, if necessary, be printed out by the magistrates and registry agents assisting them, the national police services, the national gendarmerie units, the officials and agents exercising judicial police powers, the prison services or the judicial youth protection services in order to be handed over or transmitted in paper format. Documents that have been digitally signed within the meaning of Article D. 589-2 retain…
