French Code of Criminal Procedure
In forceWhen requesting the opening of an investigation, the public prosecutor may, if the search to establish the truth for a crime or an offence punishable by a sentence of three years' imprisonment or more requires that the investigations in progress not be interrupted in any way, authorise the officers and agents of the judicial police services or units that were in charge of the investigation to continue the operations provided for in Articles 706-95 [By Constitutional Council decision no. 2019-778 DC of 21 March 2019, the reference "60-4" must be replaced by the reference "706-95"], [The reference "77-1-4" was declared unconstitutional by Constitutional Council decision no. 2019-778 DC of 21 March 2019.This authorisation shall be subject to the following conditions: (a) the person concerned must be allowed to remain in the premises for a period of not more than forty-eight hours from the date of issue of the statement of case; (b) the person concerned must be allowed to remain in the premises for a period of not more than forty-eight hours from the date of issue of the statement of case; (c) the person concerned must be allowed to remain in the premises for a period of not more than forty-eight hours from the date of issue of the statement of case. This authorisation shall be the subject of a special written decision stating the reasons and mentioning the acts for which the prosecution has been authorised.
The investigating judge may terminate these operations at any time.
The authorisation issued by the Public Prosecutor is only added to the case file at the same time as the reports recording the execution and noting the completion of the acts whose continuation has been authorised and which have, where applicable, been extended by the investigating judge.
