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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 1: General provisions

Article D6

When they are required, either for the execution of a letter rogatory or as part of a preliminary or flagrante delicto investigation, to carry out an investigative act likely to result in a disturbanc…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 1: General provisions

Article D7

The officers and agents of the judicial police ensure that the state of the scene is preserved and that traces and evidence are preserved until the technical and forensic operations are carried out. U…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 1: General provisions

Article D5

When participating in the same investigation, officers or agents of the national police and the national gendarmerie constantly collaborate in the interests of justice. They pool their skills, their a…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 8: Letters rogatory

Article D34

The judicial police officer in charge of executing a letter rogatory shall keep the instructing magistrate informed of his activities.He shall refer to him without delay any difficulties that may aris…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 8: Letters rogatory

Article D35

Where a letter rogatory prescribes simultaneous operations at various points in the territory, the examining magistrate may order its distribution by any means to the examining magistrates or judicial…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Paragraph 5: Medical and medical-psychological examinations.

Article D23

The medical examination and the medico-psychological examination provided for by Article 81, paragraph 6, of the Code of Criminal Procedure constitute measures subject to the rules of expertise organi…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 9: Expertise

Article D37

The provisions of Article 161-1 do not apply to medical expert reports whose purpose is to assess the extent of the damage suffered by the victim.

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 1: General provisions

Article D43

The number and days of hearings of the investigating chamber are fixed at the end of each judicial year for the following judicial year by a joint decision of the first president and the public prosec…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Paragraph 5: Medical and medical-psychological examinations.

Article D24

The doctors responsible for these examinations are, in principle, chosen from the lists of experts drawn up pursuant to Article 157 and the articles R. 26 to R. 40 of the code of criminal procedure. T…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Paragraph 6: Appointment of the examining magistrate.

Article D27

The examining magistrate in charge of a new investigation or called upon to replace his colleague in the event of impediment or change of post, is designated under the following conditions.

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