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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Title XXII: Referral to the Cour de cassation for an opinion

Article 706-68

The case is communicated to the public prosecutor at the Court of Cassation. The latter is informed of the date of the sitting.

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Chapter I: General provisions

Article 706-48

Minors who are victims of one of the offences mentioned in Article 706-47 may be the subject of a medical-psychological assessment designed to assess the nature and extent of the harm suffered and to…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Chapter I: General provisions

Article 706-50

The public prosecutor or examining magistrate, seised of acts committed voluntarily against a minor, appoints an ad hoc administrator when the minor's interests are not fully protected by his or her l…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Title XXI: Witness protection

Article 706-60

The provisions of Article 706-58 do not apply if, in view of the circumstances in which the offence was committed or the personality of the witness, knowledge of the identity of the person is essentia…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Title XXI: Witness protection

Article 706-62

No conviction may be handed down solely on the basis of statements taken under the conditions provided for by Articles 706-58 and 706-61.

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 2: Infiltration

Article 706-83

On pain of nullity, the authorisation given pursuant to Article 706-81 shall be issued in writing and must be specially reasoned. It mentions the offence or offences that justify the use of this proce…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Paragraph 3: Sound and image recording of certain places or vehicles

Article 706-98

Officers or agents of the judicial police or qualified agents responsible for carrying out the operations provided for in Article 706-96 are authorised to hold, for this purpose, devices falling withi…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 2: Infiltration

Article 706-84

The real identity of the officers or agents of the judicial police who carried out the infiltration under an assumed identity must not appear at any stage of the proceedings. Revealing the identity of…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 2: Infiltration

Article 706-85

…sion to interrupt the operation or at the end of the period set by the decision authorising the infiltration and in the absence of an extension, the undercover agent may continue the activities mentio…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 2: Infiltration

Article 706-87

No conviction may be handed down solely on the basis of statements made by judicial police officers or agents who have carried out an undercover operation. The provisions of this article shall not, ho…

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