#93-2Law No. 93-2 of January 4, 1993 Reforming Criminal Procedure
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This law introduces significant reforms to the French criminal procedure. It mandates stricter control over the detention periods during police custody and requires that certain amendments be documented in police records. The law also empowers individuals in legal proceedings, allowing them to request hearings and file motions for their legal rights. Additionally, it ensures state responsibility for legal costs in criminal cases.
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Key Changes
- Tightens controls on detention periods during police custody.
- Empowers individuals to request hearings during legal proceedings.
- Mandates state responsibility for legal costs in criminal cases.
Obligations
What this law requires
Police and gendarmerie facilities must maintain a special register documenting mentions and signatures required by Articles 63-1 and 64 for all persons held in police custody
Judicial police officers must inform the investigating judge when placing a person in custody during rogatory commission execution and must present the person to the judge within 24 hours
Investigating judges must issue a written and reasoned order within one month if refusing a party's written request for hearing, interrogation, witness examination, confrontation, or document production
Investigating judges must hear an examined person (personne mise en examen) within 15 days of receiving their written request for hearing if more than three months have passed since their last appearance
Investigating judges must order publication of no-case-found decisions (non-lieu) in whole or part, or publication of an informational communiqué, in designated media upon request by the concerned person