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Showing 4311–4320 of 33489 articles for “Art. 815-3”
Any person in respect of whom there are one or more plausible grounds for suspecting that he has participated, as a perpetrator or accomplice, in the commission of a crime or offence punishable by imp…
The judicial police officer or, under his supervision, the judicial police agent may, for the needs of the investigation, under the conditions provided for in article 76, have recourse to the operatio…
When objects that are the medium of computer data have been placed under seal, the public prosecutor or the judicial police officer or, under the latter's supervision, the judicial police officer or t…
Any person held in police custody may, at their request, be examined by a doctor appointed by the public prosecutor or the judicial police officer. If custody is extended, the person may ask to be exa…
Police custody is carried out under the supervision of the public prosecutor, without prejudice to the prerogatives of the liberty and custody judge provided for in articles 63-4-2 and 706-88 to 706-8…
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As soon as the investigation begins, the investigating judge must notify the victim of an offence that proceedings have been opened, of his or her right to bring a civil action and of the procedures f…
The request referred to in II of Article 77-2 shall be made to the public prosecutor under whose direction the investigation is being conducted. Failing this, if this information is not known to the p…
When the examining magistrate challenges the merits of a request by the parties to establish that the public prosecution is time-barred, he or she must make a reasoned order within one month of receiv…
In the case of an offence punishable by at least three years' imprisonment committed against the victim's spouse, cohabitee or partner linked to the victim by a civil solidarity pact, including when t…
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