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Article R15-39 of the French Code of Criminal Procedure

No person may be authorised who has been the subject of a conviction, incapacity or disqualification mentioned in bulletin no. 2 of the criminal record. When an association is considering a change to the list mentioned in 7° of Article R. 15-35 or to appoint a natural person who has not been personally authorised to carry out the tasks entrusted to the association, it must notify the public prosecutor. The…

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Article R15-40 of the French Code of Criminal Procedure

The authorisation may be withdrawn in accordance with the procedure set out in articles R. 15-36 and R. 15-37. The public prosecutor or the public prosecutor may, for the purposes of withdrawing authorisation, refer the matter to the general assembly of judges and prosecutors of the court, that of the court of appeal or the competent select committee, as the case may be. In urgent cases, the senior examining magistrate,…

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Article R15-41 of the French Code of Criminal Procedure

The civil party is required, pursuant to articles 88 and 88-1, to deposit at the court registry, unless exempted, within the time limit set by the investigating judge, on pain of inadmissibility, a sum to guarantee payment of the civil fine that may be ordered against him or her on the basis of the Article 91 of the Code of Criminal Procedure. The sum deposited is returned to the civil…

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Article R15-41-1 of the French Code of Criminal Procedure

Under the provisions of the second paragraph of Article 99-2, movable property placed in the hands of the court shall be sold and, where applicable, the proceeds of the sale shall be returned to the owner of the property in accordance with the procedures set out in this sub-section.

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Article R15-41-2 of the French Code of Criminal Procedure

Property placed in the hands of the law is handed over to the Agence de gestion et de recouvrement des avoirs saisis et confisqués (Agency for the Management and Recovery of Seized and Confiscated Assets), which disposes of it. The proceeds of the sale are paid to the Caisse des dépôts et consignations. This payment is recorded in a special register kept by the clerk of the judicial court.

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Article R15-41-3 of the French Code of Criminal Procedure

As soon as a decision to dismiss the case, acquit or acquit or a conviction that does not impose a confiscation order has become final, the public prosecutor of the court before which the investigation was conducted informs the owner of the property, by registered letter with acknowledgement of receipt, of the procedures for returning the proceeds of the sale. Within six months of this notification, the request for restitution…

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Article R16 of the French Code of Criminal Procedure

The examining magistrate hearing the proceedings or, by delegation, the magistrate in whose jurisdiction the person under investigation resides, shall designate either a natural or legal person authorised for this purpose, or a police or gendarmerie service or any competent judicial or administrative service, or, exceptionally, a personality investigator, to assist in the application of the judicial supervision. Judicial controllers are authorised under the conditions and according to the rules…

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Article R16-1 of the French Code of Criminal Procedure

The authorities or persons responsible for contributing to the application of judicial supervision shall ensure that the person under investigation complies with the obligations imposed on him; to this end, they may summon him and visit him; they shall carry out any steps and research useful to the performance of their duties. They report to the examining magistrate, under the conditions that he or she determines, on the behaviour of…

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Article R16-2 of the French Code of Criminal Procedure

The remuneration and reimbursement of travel expenses of personality investigators and natural persons or representatives of legal persons designated pursuant to Article 138, paragraph 2 (6°), shall be paid as criminal court costs. The provisions of the present article do not apply to serving members of State personnel belonging either to a service under the authority of the Ministry of Justice or to a police or gendarmerie service, or to…

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