Section 8: Agents de police municipale, gardes champêtres, agents de surveillance de Paris and agents de la ville de Paris chargé d'un service de police (municipal police officers, rural wardens, Paris surveillance officers and Paris city police officers)

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Article R15-33-29-3

French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force

Updated 6 Nov 2023

The contraventions provided for in the Penal Code that municipal police officers, country wardens, Paris surveillance officers mentioned in article 21 of this code, as well as officers of the City of Paris in charge of a police force, may, pursuant to the provisions of the articles L. 2212-5, L. 2213-18, L. 2512-16-1 and L. 2512-16 du code général des collectivités territoriales, record by official report when they are committed on the communal territory, on the territory of the commune of Paris or on the territory for which they are sworn and when they do not require them to carry out any investigative acts are as follows:

1° Divagation of dangerous animals, provided for by article R. 622-2 of the Penal Code;

2° Insulting or nocturnal noise or disturbance provided for by article R. 623-2 of the same code;

3° Excitement of dangerous animals, provided for by l'article R. 623-3 of the same code;

4° Threats of destruction, provided for by articles R. 631-1 and R. 634-1 of the same code, when they concern property belonging to the commune;

5° Abandonment of rubbish, waste, materials and other objects, as provided for by Articles R. 632-1, R. 634-2, R. 635-8 and R. 644-2 of the same code;

6° Destruction, damage and slight deterioration, provided for by l'article R. 635-1of the same code, when they concern property belonging to the municipality;

7° Deliberate or involuntary offences against animals and mistreatment of animals, as provided for by articles R. 653-1, R. 654-1 and R. 655-1 of the same code.

These officers and civil servants may also draw up official reports of the offences of non-compliance with police orders provided for by article R. 610-5 of the Penal Code, in accordance with the provisions of the General Local Authorities Code, as well as, in the case of municipal police officers, gardes champêtres and agents de surveillance de Paris, contraventions of the provisions of the Highway Code, the list of which is laid down by the articles R. 130-1-1 to R. 130-3 of this code, contraventions relating to the ban on smoking in places designated for collective use provided for by articles R. 3512-1 et R. 3512-2 of the Public Health Code and contraventions relating to the prohibition on the use of heating or air conditioning systems on the public domain provided for in article R. 2122-7-1 du code général de la propriété des personnes publiques.

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