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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Title VI: Judicial restraint

Article D570

…nt order are subject to the same regime as convicted prisoners subject to the provisions of article D. 115-1.

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 1: General provisions

Article D546

…the date on which a probationary suspension ends pursuant to Article 745 are specified by Articles D. 49-67 et seq.

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 3: Health organisation

Article D360

In accordance with the provisions of articles R. 322-5 and D. 215-13 of the French Prison Code, the transfer to a more appropriate prison of remand prisoners who do not benefit, in the prison where th…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 5: Safety

Article D281

In accordance with the provisions of Article 40 of this code and the article D. 214-27 of the Penitentiary Code, the public prosecutor is informed directly and without delay by the head of the establi…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 3: Rules governing pre-trial detention

Article D66

…ce and their defence counsel is respected under the conditions determined by articles R. 122-14 and D. 313-9 of the Penitentiary Code.

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

Article D19

…an accused person who has been the subject of an investigation or examination mentioned in article D. 16, the personality file may be communicated, in whole or in part, to the expert.

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 1: Rules and monitoring of the enforcement of sentences

Article D157

…t up by the judicial authorities under the conditions provided for by the dispositions de l'article D. 214-11 du code pénitentiaire.

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 4: Requests and complaints from detainees

Article D262

In accordance with the dispositions de l'article D. 345-10 du code pénitentiaire, les personnes détenues peuvent correspond sous pli fermé avec les magistrats de l'ordre judiciaire en exercice dans le…

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

Article D29

…ents or judges of the court to replace him in the exercise of the functions provided for in Article D. 28, one of the vice-presidents or judges of the court.Failing designation, he is replaced, in the…

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

Article D18

The investigating judge who orders the investigations and examinations referred to in Article D. 16, sets the deadline by which reports must be sent to it. In the event of unjustified delays, the desi…

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