From the National Automated DNA File
CODE OF CRIMINAL PROCEDURE
(Legislative Part)
Title XX: From the National Automated DNA File
Article 706-54
The automated national file of genetic fingerprints, placed under the control of a magistrate, is intended to centralize the genetic fingerprints from biological traces as well as the genetic fingerprints of people convicted of one of the offenses mentioned in article 706-55. with a view to facilitating the identification and research of the perpetrators of these offenses.
The genetic fingerprints of persons against whom there are serious or concordant evidence making it likely that they have committed one of the offenses mentioned in article 706-55 are also kept in this file by decision of a police officer. judicial police acting either ex officio or at the request of the public prosecutor or the examining magistrate; this decision is mentioned in the proceedings file. These fingerprints are erased on the instruction of the public prosecutor acting either ex officio or at the request of the person concerned, when their conservation no longer appears necessary given the purpose of the file. When seized by the interested party, the public prosecutor informs him of the action taken on his request; if he has not ordered the erasure, this person may apply to the liberty and detention judge for this purpose, whose decision may be contested before the president of the investigating chamber.
Judicial police officers may also, on their own initiative or at the request of the public prosecutor or the examining magistrate, have the fingerprint of any person against whom there is one or more plausible reasons to suspect that she has committed a crime or an offense, with the data included in the file, but this fingerprint cannot be kept there.
The file provided for in this article also contains the genetic fingerprints resulting from biological traces collected during the procedures for the search for the causes of death or for the search for the causes of a disappearance provided for in articles 74,
The genetic fingerprints stored in this file can only be made from non-coding deoxyribonucleic acid segments, with the exception of the segment corresponding to the gender marker.
A decree by the Council of State taken after the opinion of the National Commission for Information Technology and Freedoms determines the modalities of application of this article. This decree specifies in particular the retention period of the recorded information.
Article 706-55
The automated national DNA file centralizes the traces and genetic fingerprints concerning the following offenses:
1 ° The offenses of a sexual nature referred to in article 706-47;
2 ° Crimes against humanity and crimes and misdemeanors of intentional attacks on the life of the person, torture and acts of barbarism, willful violence, threats of harm to people, drug trafficking, attacks personal freedoms, trafficking in human beings, procuring, exploitation of begging and endangering minors, provided for by articles 221-1 to 221-5, 222-1 to 222-18, 222 -34 to 222-40, 224-1 to 224-8, 225-4-1 to 225-4-4, 225-5 to 225-10, 225-12-1 to 225-12-3, 225-12 -5 to 225-12-7 and 227-18 to 227-21 of the penal code;
3 ° The crimes and offenses of theft, extortion, fraud, destruction, degradation, deterioration and threats of attacks on property provided for by articles 311-1 to 311-13, 312-1 to 312- 9, 313-2 and 322-1 to 322-14 of the penal code;
4 ° Attacks on the fundamental interests of the nation, acts of terrorism, counterfeit money and criminal associations provided for by articles 410-1 to 413-12, 421-1 to 421-4, 442-1 to 442- 5 and 450-1 of the penal code;
5 ° The crimes and misdemeanors provided for by article 2 of the law of May 24, 1834 on the holders of weapons or munitions of war, article 3 of the law of June 19, 1871 which repeals the decree of September 4, 1870 on the manufacture of weapons of war and articles 24 to 35 of the decree of April 18, 1939 fixing the system of war materials, arms and ammunition;
6 ° The offenses of receiving or laundering the proceeds of one of the offenses mentioned in 1 ° to 5 °, provided for by articles 321-1 to 321-7 and 324-1 to 324-6 of the penal code.
Article 706-56
I. – The judicial police officer may carry out or have carried out under his control, with regard to the persons mentioned in the first, second or third paragraph of article 706-54, a biological sample intended to allow the identification analysis of their genetic fingerprint. Prior to this operation, he can verify or have verified by a judicial police officer placed under his control that the genetic fingerprint of the person concerned is not already recorded, in view of his civil status alone, in the automated national file. genetic fingerprints.
For this analysis to be carried out, the judicial police officer may request any person authorized under the conditions set out in Article 16-12 of the Civil Code, without it being necessary, however, for this person to be registered on a list of judicial experts; in this case, the person then takes the oath provided for in the second paragraph of article 60 of this code in writing.
The persons required in accordance with the preceding paragraph may proceed, by any means including telematics, at the request of the judicial police officer, the public prosecutor or the examining magistrate, with the operations allowing the recording of fingerprints. in the National Automated DNA Registry.
II. – The fact of refusing to submit to the biological sampling provided for in the first paragraph of I is punishable by one year of imprisonment and a fine of 15,000 Euros.
When these acts are committed by a person convicted of a crime, the penalty is two years’ imprisonment and a fine of 30,000 Euros.
Notwithstanding the provisions of articles 132-2 to 132-5 of the penal code, the penalties pronounced for the offenses provided for in this article are cumulative, without the possibility of confusion, with those which the person suffered or those pronounced for the offense which committed the offense. ‘subject of the procedure during which the samples were to be taken.