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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 9: The fixed fine procedure applicable to certain offences

Article D45-14

If the deposit is not followed by a request for exoneration or a claim made in accordance with the provisions of articles 495-18 and 495-19, it is considered as valid payment of the fixed fine or incr…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 2: Specific powers of the President of the Investigating Chamber

Article D43-4

On pain of inadmissibility, the request by the person under investigation for the whole of the proceedings to be examined by the investigating chamber pursuant to the provisions of Article 221-3 shall…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 3: Staff reports and monitoring of the judicial activities of judicial police officers (Provisions adopted for the application of articles 13, 16, 19-1, 224 to 230 and R. 14 to R. 15-6 of the Code of Criminal Procedure)

Article D44-1

In the event of a change of assignment of a judicial police officer within the jurisdiction of another court of appeal, including in the event of temporary secondment pursuant to the second paragraph…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 9: The fixed fine procedure applicable to certain offences

Article D45-20

Contentious incidents relating to the enforcement of the enforcement order and the rectification of any material errors it may contain shall be referred to the criminal court in whose jurisdiction the…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Title II: Forgery

Article D47-1

The applicant for registration of forgery against a document produced before the Cour de cassation, whose application is rejected by the first president, shall be ordered, unless expressly exempted, t…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 9: The fixed fine procedure applicable to certain offences

Article D45-21

An order issued by the Keeper of the Seals, Minister of Justice, and the Minister of the Interior specifies the terms and conditions under which requests and complaints may be sent by electronic means…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 3: Staff reports and monitoring of the judicial activities of judicial police officers (Provisions adopted for the application of articles 13, 16, 19-1, 224 to 230 and R. 14 to R. 15-6 of the Code of Criminal Procedure)

Article D44-5

In the event of the temporary unavailability of the magistrate whose duties are defined in articles 230-9,230-14 and 230-24, these are exercised by the senior prosecuting magistrate who is a member of…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Title IV: Citations and meanings

Article D46-5

The provisions of the second paragraph of Article 559-1 allowing the public prosecutor to extend the time limit for service of a decision to up to three months shall also apply to service issued at th…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 2: Specific powers of the President of the Investigating Chamber

Article D43-3

The President of the Examining Magistrates' Chamber shall inform each Examining Magistrate within the jurisdiction of the Court of Appeal of the designation of the referral magistrate for this Chamber…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 9: The fixed fine procedure applicable to certain offences

Article D45-5

The offence notice shall include information relating to:1° The offending department, the nature, place and date of the offence, the references of the texts punishing this offence, and the identity of…

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