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From those who provide postal and telegraphic services, it is allowed to seize letters, folds, packages, valuables, telegrams and other items of correspondence that the Judicial Authority (Prosecutor or Judge) has founded reason for considering sent by the accused or directed to him, even under a different name or by a different person, or that in any case may have a connection with a crime. When a judicial police officer proceeds with the seizure, he must deliver the seized items of correspondence to the Judicial Authority, without opening or altering them and without otherwise becoming aware of their content

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Last reviewed on 23 March 2023 by EJN Secretariat

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