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Showing 1041–1050 of 12238 articles for “Art. 7 févr. 1996”
…police agent may, for the needs of the investigation, under the conditions provided for in article 76, have recourse to the operations provided for by article 57-1.
When instructing criminal investigation officers to carry out a preliminary investigation, the public prosecutor sets the time limit within which this investigation must be carried out. He may extend…
The judicial police officer conducting a preliminary investigation into a crime or misdemeanour notifies the public prosecutor as soon as a person against whom there is evidence giving rise to a presu…
…l examinations of the person suspected of having committed one of the offences mentioned in Article 706-47 or required pursuant to Article 706-115. The public prosecutor shall be notified of these ins…
When it is essential for the purposes of the investigation to carry out a full search of a person in police custody, this must be decided by a judicial police officer and carried out in an enclosed ar…
Article 61-3 is applicable to the preliminary investigation.
The judicial police officers and, on their orders and under their responsibility, the judicial police officers and deputy judicial police officers mentioned in articles 20 and 21-1° may ask any person…
…rised by the public prosecutor or investigating judge, in accordance with the provisions of article 78-3.
The duration of detention provided for in articles 78-3 and 78-3-1 shall, where applicable, be deducted from that of police custody.
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