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Article 181-2 of the French Code of Criminal Procedure

Where an indictment order of the examining magistrate which is no longer subject to appeal has, with regard to the criminal qualifications retained, mistakenly referred the accused to the assize court instead of the departmental criminal court or vice versa, the president of the examining chamber may, at the request of the public prosecutor or a party, proceed by reasoned order to rectify this error by referring the accused to…

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Article 182 of the French Code of Criminal Procedure

Partial dismissal orders may be issued during the course of the investigation. Partial referral orders or partial transmission orders may be issued under the same conditions when, in respect of one or more of the facts referred to the investigating judge, the charges brought appear sufficient. Persons who have been the subject of a partial referral order or partial transmission order and who do not remain under investigation for other…

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Article 183 of the French Code of Criminal Procedure

Settlement orders shall be brought to the attention of the person under investigation and the assisted witness, and committal orders or indictment orders to the attention of the civil party; notification shall be made as soon as possible either orally, with an entry in the proceedings file, or by registered letter. Subject to the application of article 137-3, second paragraph, decisions that are subject to appeal by a party to…

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Article 184 of the French Code of Criminal Procedure

The orders issued by the examining magistrate pursuant to this section shall contain the surname, first names, date, place of birth, domicile and profession of the person under investigation. They shall state the legal description of the act attributed to the accused and, in a precise manner, the grounds on which sufficient charges have or have not been brought against him or her. These reasons are given in the light…

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Article 185 of the French Code of Criminal Procedure

The public prosecutor has the right to appeal to the investigating chamber against any order of the investigating judge or the liberty and custody judge. This appeal, made by declaration to the court registry, must be lodged within ten days of notification of the decision. In the event of an appeal by the person under investigation against the committal order provided for in Article 181, the public prosecutor has a…

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Article 186 of the French Code of Criminal Procedure

The right of appeal lies with the person under investigation against the orders and decisions provided for in articles 80-1-1,87,139,140,137-3,142-6,142-7,145-1,145-2,148,167, penultimate paragraph, 179, third paragraph, 181,181-1 and 696-70. The civil party may lodge an appeal against orders not to inform, orders dismissing the case and orders adversely affecting his civil interests. However, his appeal may not, under any circumstances, relate to an order or to the provision of an order…

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Article 186-1 of the French Code of Criminal Procedure

The parties may also appeal the orders provided for by the ninth paragraph of Article 81, by Articles 82-1 and 82-3, and by the second paragraph of Article 156. In this case, the information file, or a copy thereof drawn up in accordance with Article 81, is forwarded with the reasoned opinion of the public prosecutor to the president of the investigating chamber. Within eight days of receiving this file,…

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Article 186-3 of the French Code of Criminal Procedure

The accused and the prosecution may appeal against the orders provided for in the first paragraph of Article 179 where they consider that the acts referred to the criminal court constitute a crime that should have been the subject of an indictment order before the assize court or the departmental criminal court. Where the information has been co-investigated, they may also, in the absence of co-signature by the co-investigating judges…

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