Regulatory part - Council of State decrees

Transport by rail must, unless there are exceptional circumstances, be in a 2nd class reserved compartment.

The requisition, either to the railway company or to the valet, must be drawn up in two copies, one of which is given to the clerk responsible for settling the costs of the proceedings and the other to the railway company or to the valet, for them to produce in support of their brief.

When the transfer or extraction is carried out using national police or national gendarmerie vehicles, a mileage allowance, set each year by joint order of the Minister of Justice and the Minister responsible for the budget, is awarded in respect of each vehicle used and the outward and return journeys made. Its rate is uniform regardless of the type of vehicle used and the number of people transported.

Proceedings and exhibits shall be entrusted to the members of the escort. If, in this case, exceptional expenses have had to be advanced by the members of the escort, they shall, in order to obtain reimbursement, enter the amount thereof on their statement of account. If, by reason of weight or volume, the objects cannot be transported by the members of the escort, they shall be transported, at the written…

The expenses that the members of the escort are obliged to incur en route shall be reimbursed to them as criminal, correctional and police court costs on the basis of their detailed memoranda, to which they shall attach the orders they have received as well as the specific receipts for the expenses of a nature to be thus ascertained. If the members of the escort do not have sufficient funds…

Where, in accordance with the provisions of the Code of Criminal Procedure on forgery and in the cases provided for in particular in articles 642 and 645, documents alleged to be forged or comparison documents must be handed over to the court registry by public or private depositories, the public prosecutor or investigating judge may order either that the depository shall go in person or by proxy to the court…