1"The person to whom a criminal offence is attributed shall obtain the defendant status with the notification of charge, which contains sufficient information [on the reasons] for taking him as a defendant. This document is notified to the defendant and to his lawyer. If after taking a person as a defendant, new information arise that result in the modification of the charges or their completion, the prosecutor takes a decision [pursuantly] and notifies it to the defendant. "
2The defendant status shall be retained at any state and instance of the proceedings until the dismissal, acquittal or conviction decision has become final.
3The defendant status is re-obtained if the dismissal decision is quashed or the court decides the annulment of the final decision and the review of the proceedings.
4Repealed.
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