Unless otherwise provided by law and without prejudice to the rights of the defence, proceedings during the investigation and enquiry shall be secret.
Any person who takes part in these proceedings is bound by professional secrecy under the conditions and under the penalties provided for in Article 434-7-2 of the Penal Code.
However, in order to avoid the dissemination of incomplete or inaccurate information or to put an end to a public order disturbance or when any other imperative in the public interest justifies it, the public prosecutor may, of his own motion and at the request of the investigating court or the parties, directly or through the intermediary of a judicial police officer acting with his agreement and under his supervision, make public objective elements drawn from the proceedings that do not include any assessment of the merits of the charges against the accused persons.