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Article 226 of the French Code of Criminal Procedure

Once the matter has been referred to it, the investigating chamber conducts an investigation; it hears the public prosecutor and the judicial police officer or agent in question. The latter must first have been given the opportunity to acquaint himself with his judicial police file held at the public prosecutor’s office of the court of appeal. He may be assisted by a lawyer.

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Article 227 of the French Code of Criminal Procedure

The investigating chamber may, without prejudice to any disciplinary sanctions that may be imposed on the judicial police officer or agent by his hierarchical superiors, address observations to him or decide that he may not, either temporarily or permanently, carry out his duties as a judicial police officer and delegate of the investigating judge or his duties as a judicial police agent, either within the jurisdiction of the court of…

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Article 229-1 of the French Code of Criminal Procedure

In the event of serious professional misconduct or a serious breach of honour or probity by one of the persons mentioned in article 224 affecting the person’s ability to carry out judicial police duties, the president of the investigating chamber, on a referral from the public prosecutor at the court of appeal in whose jurisdiction the person usually carries out his duties, may, without prejudice to any administrative disciplinary sanctions…

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Article 230 of the French Code of Criminal Procedure

The provisions of this section shall apply to deputy criminal investigation officers, investigation assistants of the national police and the national gendarmerie, and to officials and agents entrusted with certain criminal investigation duties. The provisions of this section shall apply to officials and agents entrusted with certain criminal investigation duties.

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Article 230-1 of the French Code of Criminal Procedure

Without prejudice to the provisions of articles 60, 77-1 and 156, where it appears that data seized or obtained in the course of the investigation or enquiry has been subject to transformation operations preventing access to or understanding of the unencrypted information contained therein, or that this data is protected by an authentication mechanism, the public prosecutor, the investigating court, the judicial police officer, with the authorisation of the public…

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Article 230-2 of the French Code of Criminal Procedure

When the public prosecutor, the investigating court, the judicial police officer, with the authorisation of the public prosecutor or the investigating judge, or the court hearing the case decide to use, for the operations mentioned in article 230-1, to State resources covered by national defence secrecy, the written requisition must be sent to a technical body subject to national defence secrecy, and designated by decree, together with the physical medium…

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Article 230-3 of the French Code of Criminal Procedure

On completion of the operations or as soon as it appears that such operations are technically impossible or on expiry of the prescribed time limit or on receipt of the stop order from the public prosecutor, the investigating court, the judicial police officer, with the authorisation of the public prosecutor or examining magistrate, or the court hearing the case, the results obtained and the documents received are returned by the…

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