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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Chapter I: Common provisions

Article 706-143

…ts so that this agency may carry out, within the limits of the mandate given to it, all legal and material acts necessary for the conservation, maintenance and enhancement of this property. Any act re…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Chapter I: Common provisions

Article 706-145

…zed in criminal proceedings except in the cases provided for in articles 41-5 and 99-2 and this chapter. From the date on which it becomes enforceable and until it is released or the seized property i…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Chapter I: Common provisions

Article 706-142

The public prosecutor, the investigating judge or, with their authorisation, the judicial police officer may request the assistance of any qualified person to carry out the acts necessary for the seiz…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Chapter I: General provisions

Article 709-1

In each judicial court and in each court of appeal, an office for the enforcement of sentences shall be set up, the composition, tasks and operating procedures of which shall be specified by decree. I…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Chapter I: General provisions

Article 708-1

When a sentence of imprisonment is to be served on a woman who is more than twelve weeks pregnant, the public prosecutor or the sentence enforcement judge shall make every effort either to defer the s…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Chapter I: General provisions

Article 710-1

…s, pursuant to Article 132-4 of the Penal Code, confusion of sentences pronounced against him/her after the convictions have become final, his/her request is brought before the Criminal Court, whose d…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Chapter I: Common provisions

Article 706-146

…t then be sold out of court and the seizure may be carried over to the balance of the sale price, after payment of creditors holding a security ranking prior to the date on which the seizure became en…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Chapter I: Common provisions

Article 706-144

…ure of property or the examining magistrate in the event of a judicial investigation being opened after the seizure is made shall have jurisdiction to rule on all requests relating to the execution of…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Chapter I: Common provisions

Article 706-147

Measures ordered pursuant to this Title shall apply even where they are ordered after the date of cessation of payments and notwithstanding the provisions of article L. 632-1 of the French Commercial…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Chapter I: General provisions

Article 707-1

…ng imprisoned under the conditions laid down by law. The statute of limitations on the penalty is interrupted by acts or decisions of the public prosecutor, the enforcement courts and, for fines or co…

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