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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Subsection 3: Functional allowances.

Article L2123-24-2

…at the municipal council of municipalities with 50,000 inhabitants or more allocates to its members may be adjusted according to their actual attendance at plenary sessions and meetings of committees…

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French Code of civil procedureIn force
Section IV: Rules specific to the notification of judgments.

Article 680

…the event that one of these means of appeal is open, as well as the procedures by which the appeal may be exercised; it must also indicate that the author of an abusive or dilatory appeal may be orde…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Sub-section 2: Amicable partition.

Article 836

…r is presumed to be absent or, due to distance, is unable to express his will, an amicable division may be made under the conditions provided for in Article 116.Similarly, if an undivided co-owner is…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: Actions for nullity of partition

Article 887-1

The partition may also be annulled if one of the co-heirs has been omitted from it. The omitted heir may, however, request to receive his share, either in kind or in value, without annulling the parti…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Section 6: Transfer of shares.

Article 1865

…cle 1690 or, if the Articles of Association so stipulate, by transfer to the company's registers.It may not be relied on as against third parties until these formalities have been completed and it has…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Chapter III: Joint ventures.

Article 1872-2

Where the undeclared partnership is for an indefinite period, its dissolution may result at any time from a notification sent by one of them to all the partners, provided that such notification is in…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Title V: Judges' rules

Article 659

…tion, which is seised by application of the public prosecutor or the parties. The Cour de cassation may also, on the occasion of an appeal brought before it, rule on judges of its own motion and even…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Paragraph 3: Appearance before the Investigating Chamber

Article 695-32

…nch territory uninterruptedly for at least five years, the execution of the European arrest warrant may be made subject to verification that he or she can be returned to France to serve the sentence t…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Title XXII: Referral to the Cour de cassation for an opinion

Article 706-64

The criminal courts, with the exception of the investigating courts and the assize court, may request the opinion of the Cour de cassation pursuant to Article L. 151-1 of the Code of Judicial Organisa…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Title IIIa: Community service

Article 733-1

The sentence enforcement judge may, ex officio, at the request of the person concerned or at the request of the public prosecutor, order a reasoned decision to replace community service with a penalty…

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