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Your child is a minor arrested at a protest? Holding from age 10, police custody from 13, a mandatory lawyer, parents informed, a doctor, then the children's judge: what the French juvenile criminal justice code provides.

Police custody in France after a protest: 24 hours, renewable once by the prosecutor, a lawyer from the first hour, a doctor, the right to silence and to have a relative told. What the Code of Criminal Procedure says, from arrest to release.

Filming the police remains a right in France, and so does sharing the footage, within limits. What became of Article 24 of the Global Security law, the offence of hiding your face at a protest, and what can happen to your phone.

The right to protest is guaranteed in France, but regulated: notice to the town hall or prefecture 3 to 15 clear days ahead, possible bans, forbidden items, unlawful assembly and warnings. What organisers and marchers risk.

Vandalism at a protest in France costs far more than a fine: up to 7 years in prison when committed as a group with a hidden face, 10 years for arson, plus paying for the damage. Penal Code penalties, graffiti, group offences and fast-track trials.

A conviction after a protest goes on your criminal record in France, but not on every extract. Bulletins 1, 2 and 3, exclusion at the hearing, removal, rehabilitation, effects on studies, exams, jobs and the case of minors.

A protest fine in France costs €135, then €375 once increased. You have 45 days to pay or challenge it before the public prosecutor's officer, often online on the ANTAI website. Grounds, evidence and deadlines.