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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Title XXVII: Prosecution, investigation and trial of offences committed by protected adults

Article 706-115

Prior to any judgment on the merits, the person prosecuted must undergo a medical examination to assess their criminal liability at the time of the offence.

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Title XXVII: Prosecution, investigation and trial of offences committed by protected adults

Article 706-114

…rounds for presuming that the curator or guardian is a co-perpetrator or accomplice to the offence, and in the absence of a subrogated curator or subrogated guardian, the public prosecutor or investig…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 3: Procedure in the event of an appeal

Article 712-13

An appeal against the judgments referred to in the articles 712-6 and 712-7 is brought before the Enforcement of Sentences Chamber of the Court of Appeal, which rules in a reasoned judgment after an a…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Subsection 1: Budgets and accounts

Article L5217-10-7

…olitan Council so decides, the allocations for capital expenditure include programme authorisations and payment appropriations.Programme authorisations constitute the upper limit of expenditure that m…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
TITLE XXXII: PROCEDURE APPLICABLE TO OFFENCES RELATING TO THE PROLIFERATION OF WEAPONS OF MASS DESTRUCTION AND THEIR MEANS OF DELIVERY

Article 706-167

The procedure applicable to the investigation, prosecution, trial and judgment of the following crimes and misdemeanours and related offences shall be that provided for by this Code, subject to the pr…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Paragraph 3: The right to temporary accommodation and the right to lifetime accommodation

Article 765-1

…e year from the date of death to express his or her wish to benefit from these rights of habitation and use.

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Chapter I: Jurisdiction of specialised inter-regional courts in economic and financial matters

Article 704-1

For the prosecution, investigation and, in the case of misdemeanours, trial of the offences provided for in Article 704 and related offences, the public prosecutor, the investigating judge and the spe…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 5: Modification, suspension, withdrawal and non-renewal of early access authorisation

Article R5121-72-1

…orité de santé may, on its own initiative or at the request of the ministers responsible for health and social security, suspend or withdraw an early access authorisation when one of the conditions se…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Chapter II: Provisions relating to the recognition and monitoring, in the territory of other Member States of the European Union, of convictions and probation decisions handed down by French courts

Article 764-15

…revocation of the suspension of enforcement of the sentence or conditional release or to pronounce and enforce a custodial sentence in cases where the executing State has declared to the General Secr…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Chapter II: Provisions relating to the recognition and monitoring, in the territory of other Member States of the European Union, of convictions and probation decisions handed down by French courts

Article 764-14

The public prosecutor shall without delay inform the competent authorities of the executing State, by any means which leaves a written record, of any circumstances or findings brought to his attention…

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