Where the movement of a lawyer or a person approved pursuant to article 879 appears materially impossible, the powers vested in the lawyer by the articles 63-4 to 63-4-3 may be exercised by a person chosen by the person in police custody, who is not implicated for the same acts or for related acts and who has not been the subject of any conviction, incapacity or disqualification mentioned in bulletin no. 2 of the criminal record. The provisions of article 63-4-4 are applicable to the person chosen, who is informed of this by the judicial police officer.
Without prejudice to the application of Article 434-7-2 of the Criminal Code, it is an offence for a person, who has been called to intervene under the conditions provided for in the previous paragraph, report to anyone the interview, the hearings or the content of the minutes consulted with the aim of obstructing the course of justice is punishable by one year’s imprisonment and a fine of €15,000.
This article applies to the assistance by a lawyer provided for in 5° of article 61-1.