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Article R53-8-12-1 of the French Code of Criminal Procedure

In the cases provided for by 6° of Article 706-53-2, the person must be informed and provided with the document provided for by Article R. 53-8-9 are made, under the conditions set out in the third and fourth paragraphs of this article, either by the prison registry if the person is detained in France, or by the public prosecutor in Nantes. If it transpires that the person’s address is unknown, the Nantes public prosecutor will have the person entered in the wanted persons file.

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Article R53-8-12-1
Dans les cas prévus par le 6° de l’article 706-53-2, l’information de la personne et la remise du document prévu par l’article R. 53-8-9 sont faites, dans les conditions fixées par les troisième et quatrième alinéas de cet article, soit par le greffe de l’établissement pénitentiaire si la personne est détenue en France, soit par le procureur de la République de Nantes. S’il apparaît que l’adresse de la personne est inconnue, le procureur de la République de Nantes fait inscrire cette personne au fichier des personnes recherchées.

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