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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 2: Arrest and surrender

Article 627-7

…gs are immediately referred to the Investigating Chamber. The person claimed shall appear before it within eight days of being presented to the Public Prosecutor. At the request of the Public Prosecut…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 2: Arrest and surrender

Article 627-4

Requests for arrest with a view to surrender issued by the International Criminal Court shall be sent, in the original and accompanied by all supporting documents, to the competent authorities pursuan…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 2: Arrest and surrender

Article 627-11

…he second paragraph of article 627-10. Proceedings before the International Criminal Court suspend, with regard to this person, the statute of limitations on prosecution and punishment.

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 1: Mutual legal assistance

Article 627-1

…icle 87 of the Statute in the original or in a certified copy accompanied by all supporting documents.These documents shall be transmitted to the anti-terrorist public prosecutor who shall take all ap…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 2: Arrest and surrender

Article 627-15

Any person detained on the territory of the Republic may, if he or she consents, be transferred to the International Criminal Court for the purposes of identification or hearing or for the performance…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 1: Mutual legal assistance

Article 627-3

…f the Staff Regulations shall be ordered, at the advanced expense of the Treasury and in accordance with the procedures laid down in this Code, by the Counter-Terrorism Public Prosecutor. The maximum…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 1: Mutual legal assistance

Article 627-2

…l Court. The minutes shall then be transmitted in the manner provided for in the preceding paragraphs.

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 2: Arrest and surrender

Article 627-9

…y time to the Investigating Chamber of the Paris Court of Appeal, which shall proceed in accordance with Article 59 of the Statute and the procedure provided for in the articles 148-1 et seq of this C…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 2: Arrest and surrender

Article 627-10

…ace and date of surrender of the person claimed, as well as the duration of the detention undergone with a view to such surrender, shall be brought to the attention of the International Criminal Court…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 2: Arrest and surrender

Article 627-13

…to the competent authorities pursuant to Article 87 of the Statute, who shall forward it, together with all supporting documents and any observations of the person concerned, to the Investigating Cha…

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