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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Title IV: Suspended sentence and adjournment

Article 745

…n to refrain from entering into contact with the victim or the civil party, provided for in 9°, 13° and 18°bis of the Article 132-45 of the Penal Code, the sentence enforcement judge or the prison int…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Title IV: Suspended sentence and adjournment

Article 746

…nce does not extend to the payment of damages. Nor does it extend to the incapacities, prohibitions and disqualifications resulting from the conviction. However, such incapacities, prohibitions and di…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Title IV: Suspended sentence and adjournment

Article 739

…rson must comply with all the supervision measures provided for by article 132-44 of the Penal Code and those of the specific obligations provided for by article 132-45 of the same code that are speci…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Title IV: Suspended sentence and adjournment

Article 747

…he provisions relating to the effects of the probationary suspension are set out in articles 132-52 and 132-53 of the Penal Code.

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French Civil CodeIn force
Chapter III: Marriage certificates.

Article 75

…or at most four, relatives or not of the parties, shall read to the future spouses the articles 212 and 213, the first paragraph of Articles 214 and 215, and of Article 371-1 du présent code. However,…

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French Code of civil procedureIn force
Title XVIII: Costs and expenses.

Article 724

The decisions referred to in Articles 255,262 and 284, issued by a judge of a court of first instance or of the court of appeal, may be appealed to the first president of the court of appeal under the…

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French Code of civil procedureIn force
Title XVIII: Costs and expenses.

Article 725

…pain of nullity, the content of the preceding article as well as that of articles 714 (paragraph 2) and 715.

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French Code of civil procedureIn force
Title XVIII: Costs and expenses.

Article 703

The liquidation may be contested in accordance with the procedure set out in articles 708 to 718.

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French Code of civil procedureIn force
Title XVIII: Costs and expenses.

Article 702

Where the amount of the liquidated costs does not appear in the dispatch of the judgment, the court clerk shall issue a writ of execution..

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Chapter I: General provisions

Article 707

I.-On the decision or under the supervision of the judicial authorities, the sentences handed down by the criminal courts are, except in insurmountable circumstances, enforced effectively and as quick…

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