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French Civil CodeIn force
Chapter II: Easements established by law

Article 652

Part of these obligations is regulated by the laws on rural policing; The others relate to the party wall and ditch, where there is a need for a counter-wall, views onto the neighbour's property, roof…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Chapter II: Easements established by law

Article 650

Those established for the public or communal utility have as their object the footpath along state-owned watercourses, the construction or repair of roads and other public or communal works. Everythin…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Title I: Procedural rules applicable to crimes against humanity and war crimes

Article 627

For the application of the Statute of the International Criminal Court signed on 18 July 1998, France shall participate in the prosecution of offences and cooperate with that Court under the condition…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Title III: Procedure in the event of the disappearance of procedural documents

Article 651

Where the statement of the court and jury can no longer be represented or where the case has been tried in absentia and there is no written record of it, the trial is restarted from the point at which…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Title III: Procedure in the event of the disappearance of procedural documents

Article 649

…c officer or any depositary to the registry of the court which rendered the decision, on the order given to him by the president of that court.This order serves as a discharge.

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Title III: Procedure in the event of the disappearance of procedural documents

Article 648

When, as a result of an extraordinary cause, minutes of judgments or rulings rendered in criminal, correctional or police matters and not yet executed, or proceedings in progress and their copies draw…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Title III: Procedure in the event of the disappearance of procedural documents

Article 650

…ourt and jury mentioned on the question sheet, as stated in Article 364, a new judgment shall be delivered on the basis of that statement.

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Title XII: Applications for relief from prohibitions, disqualifications, incapacities or publication measures

Article 703

…rticle 712 of this Code. The decision is served at the request of the public prosecutor when it is given without the presence of the applicant or his counsel. It may be appealed or referred to the Cou…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Title XII: Applications for relief from prohibitions, disqualifications, incapacities or publication measures

Article 702-1

…ns of the second paragraph (1°) of Article 131-6 of the Penal Code allowing the suspension of the driving licence to be limited to driving outside of professional activity are applicable when the appl…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Title XVIII: Prosecution, investigation and trial of offences committed by legal persons

Article 706-43

The public prosecution is brought against the legal entity in the person of its legal representative at the time of the prosecution. The latter represents the legal entity in all acts of the proceedin…

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