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Showing 301–310 of 3965 articles for “Art. 17 avr. 1996”
When the marriage has been celebrated despite the opposition of the public prosecutor, the consular civil registrar may only transcribe the foreign marriage record onto French civil status registers a…
…be requested, at any time, before the judicial court in accordance with the provisions of articles 177 and 178 by the future spouses, even if they are minors.
Where there are serious indications, based on the hearing or individual interviews referred to in Article 63, that the intended marriage is likely to be annulled under Article 146 or Article 180, the…
The Public Prosecutor's Office may lodge an opposition in cases where it could request the nullity of the marriage.
A voluntary acknowledgement of paternity or maternity is valid if it was made in accordance with either the personal law of its author or the personal law of the child.
Any order committing the person under investigation to appear before the police court or the criminal court shall inform him that he must notify the public prosecutor of any change in the address decl…
Where the outcome of an application for annulment appears to be manifestly necessary, the President of the Examining Magistrates' Chamber shall rule on this application, in accordance with the provisi…
…sions of this article shall not apply after the dispatch of the notice provided for in I of Article 175.
The investigating judge may order, at the request of the person concerned or, with that person's agreement, of his own motion or at the request of the public prosecutor, either the publication in full…
The investigating judge may specify in the committal order the date of the hearing before the police court or the criminal court when this date has been previously communicated to him by the public pr…
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