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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 1: General provisions

Article 209

The record of the proceedings shall remain deposited at the registry for forty-eight hours in the case of pre-trial detention, and for five days in all other cases. It shall then proceed in accordance…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 1: General provisions

Article 210

The investigating chamber shall rule in a single judgment on all the facts between which there is a connection.

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 1: General provisions

Article 215

…rticles 181 and 184 are applicable. The accused shall be notified of the committal order in accordance with the provisions of the second paragraph of Article 183.

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Chapter II: Holding of meetings

Article 234

…rt. In other départements, assises are ordinarily held at the chief town of these constituencies. Exceptionally, a decree of the Conseil d'Etat may fix the seat of the assize court in another town of…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 1: General provisions

Article 204

The Investigating Chamber may also, in respect of offences arising from the record of the proceedings, order that an indictment be issued, under the conditions laid down in Article 205, persons who ha…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 1: General provisions

Article 207

…second paragraph, 156, second paragraph, or 167, penultimate paragraph, it may either evoke and proceed under the conditions provided for in Articles 201,202,204 and 205, or refer the case back to th…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 1: General provisions

Article 211

It examines whether there are sufficient charges against the person under investigation.

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 1: General provisions

Article 208

…l information and this has been completed, the investigating chamber shall order the file of the proceedings to be deposited at the registry. The public prosecutor shall immediately notify each of the…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 3: Supervision of the activities of officers and agents of the judicial police

Article 226

Once the matter has been referred to it, the investigating chamber conducts an investigation; it hears the public prosecutor and the judicial police officer or agent in question. The latter must first…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Chapter II: Holding of meetings

Article 232

Assizes are held in Paris and in each département.In Corsica, assizes are held in Ajaccio and Bastia.Assizes are held in Strasbourg and Colmar..

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