French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 1: General provisions
Article 81
…r, who shall rule and proceed in accordance with the third, fourth and fifth paragraphs of article 186-1.
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…r, who shall rule and proceed in accordance with the third, fourth and fifth paragraphs of article 186-1.
In his opening submissions, and at any time during the investigation by supplementary submissions, the public prosecutor may request the investigating magistrate to perform any acts that he deems usef…
…ssibility condition is not required in the case of a felony or an offence under the law of 29 July 1881 on freedom of the press or by the articles L. 86, L. 87, L. 91 to L. 100, L. 102 to L. 104, L. 1…
Where there are several investigating judges in a court, the president of the court or, if he is unable to act, the magistrate who replaces him, shall designate, for each information, the judge who wi…
Any civil party must declare to the investigating judge an address which must be located, if the information takes place in metropolitan France, in a metropolitan department or, if the information tak…
The investigating judge issues an order confirming that the complaint has been lodged. Depending on the resources of the civil party, he shall set the amount of the deposit that the latter must, if he…
…ay deputise for another investigating judge of the same court. In the cases provided for by Article 83-1, the designated judge or, if there is more than one, the first in the order of designation, may…
In addition to the compulsory information provided for in II ofarticle 289 of the General Tax Code, the customs representative shall mention on the invoices issued for his principals the date of payme…
1. All imported or exported goods must be covered by an accounting declaration assigning them a customs procedure. 2. Exemption from duties and taxes, either on entry or on exit, does not dispense fro…
1. The captain of the aircraft must present the manifest to customs officers at the first request. 2 He must submit this document, as a summary declaration, to the customs office at the airport, toget…
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