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Article 21-2 of the French Code of Criminal Procedure

Without prejudice to their obligation to report to the mayor under Article 21, municipal police officers shall immediately report any crimes, offences or contraventions of which they are aware to any officer of the judicial police of the national police or national gendarmerie with territorial jurisdiction.

They shall immediately send their reports and minutes simultaneously to the mayor and, via the judicial police officers mentioned in the previous paragraph, to the public prosecutor.

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Article 21-2

Sans préjudice de l’obligation de rendre compte au maire qu’ils tiennent de l’article 21, les agents de police municipale rendent compte immédiatement à tout officier de police judiciaire de la police nationale ou de la gendarmerie nationale territorialement compétent de tous crimes, délits ou contraventions dont ils ont connaissance.

Ils adressent sans délai leurs rapports et procès-verbaux simultanément au maire et, par l’intermédiaire des officiers de police judiciaire mentionnés à l’alinéa précédent, au procureur de la République.

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