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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Subtitle I: Public and civil proceedings

Article 2-6

…riminal Code and the articles L. 1146-1 and L. 1155-2 of the Labour Code, when they are committed because of the victim's sex, family status, morals, sexual orientation or gender identity or as a resu…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Subtitle I: Public and civil proceedings

Article 6-1

…rought if the unlawful nature of the proceedings, the decision taken or the act performed on that occasion has been established by a decision that has become final of the criminal court seised or in a…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Subtitle III: Victims' rights

Article 10-6

Following accidents, disasters, catastrophes or offences likely to cause numerous victims, administrations, within the meaning of

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 3: Powers of the public prosecutor

Article 41-6

…over to the Estates Department or to the Agency for the Management and Recovery of Seized and Confiscated Assets or the destruction of items placed in the hands of the law as part of these proceedings…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Chapter I: Flagrant crimes and offences

Article 63-9

…n is being conducted. However, the public prosecutor of the place where the police custody is being carried out also has the power to monitor and order its extension.

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Chapter I: Flagrant crimes and offences

Article 61-2

If the victim is confronted with a person heard under the conditions provided for in Article 61-1 for a felony or misdemeanour punishable by a prison sentence, it may also ask to be assisted, in accor…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Chapter I: Flagrant crimes and offences

Article 62-1

The staff referred to in

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Chapter I: Flagrant crimes and offences

Article 63-2

…est.The public prosecutor may, at the request of the judicial police officer, decide that the notification provided for in the first paragraph of this I will be deferred or will not be given if this d…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Chapter I: Flagrant crimes and offences

Article 61-3

…when she takes part in an operation to reconstruct the offence; 2° Be present at a suspect identification session of which she is a part. The person is informed of this right before these operations…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Chapter I: Flagrant crimes and offences

Article 60-3

…provided for in Article 60 to open the seals in order to make one or more copies of this data or to carry out the technical operations required to make it available to the judicial police officer, in…

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