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Article R148 of the French Code of Criminal Procedure

Animals and all perishable objects, for whatever cause they are seized, may not remain in the pound or under sequestration for more than eight days. After this period, provisional release must, in principle, be granted. If they must or cannot be returned, they shall be put up for sale, and the pound fees shall be taken from the proceeds of the sale by lien and in preference to all others.

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Article R149 of the French Code of Criminal Procedure

The provisional release of animals and perishable objects from sequestration is ordered by the president of the judicial court or by the investigating judge, subject to security and payment of the pound and sequestration costs. If the said animals or objects are to be sold, the sale is ordered by the same magistrates. This sale is carried out by auction at the nearest market at the behest of the accounting…

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Article R154 of the French Code of Criminal Procedure

In the event of the accused being transferred either to another investigating court or to another Assize Court, if they have already received a copy of the documents prescribed in Article 279, they may not be issued with a new copy paid for out of the general costs of criminal, correctional and police justice. But any accused person, referred to the Assize Court, may have a copy of the pleadings…

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Article R155 of the French Code of Criminal Procedure

In criminal, correctional and police matters, apart from the cases provided for by Article 114, the following may be issued to the parties: 1° At their request, a copy of the complaint or the report of the final orders, judgments, penal orders and enforcement orders provided for in Article 529-2, paragraph 2, of the Code of Criminal Procedure; 2° With the authorisation of the Public Prosecutor or the Attorney General…

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Article R157 of the French Code of Criminal Procedure

Whenever proceedings in criminal, correctional or police matters are transmitted to any court or tribunal whatsoever, or to the Ministry of Justice, the proceedings and exhibits shall be sent in minutes, unless the Minister of Justice designates exhibits to be sent by copies or extracts.

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Article R165 of the French Code of Criminal Procedure

In criminal matters, when authorised, the issue of reproductions of procedural documents other than decisions is remunerated at the rate of 0.46 euros per page. If the proceedings have been digitised, the copy may be issued in digitised form; it is then remunerated at the rate of 5 euros per digital medium, regardless of the number of pages on the medium. However, the issue of the first reproduction of each…

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