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French Code of civil procedureIn force
Chapter III: Dismissal.

Article 126

Where the situation giving rise to the plea of inadmissibility is capable of being regularised, the inadmissibility will be set aside if its cause has disappeared by the time the judge rules. The same…

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French Code of civil procedureIn force
Chapter III: Dismissal.

Article 124

The pleas of inadmissibility must be upheld without the person invoking them having to justify a grievance and even if the inadmissibility does not result from any express provision.

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French Code of civil procedureIn force
Chapter III: Dismissal.

Article 123

…provided and except for the possibility that the judge may order those who have refrained, with dilatory intent, from raising them earlier, to pay damages.

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French Code of civil procedureIn force
Chapter III: Dismissal.

Article 125

…ourt's own motion where it is a matter of public policy, in particular where it arises from failure to comply with the time limits within which appeals must be lodged or from failure to open an appeal…

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French Code of civil procedureIn force
Chapter III: The civil register

Article 1061

Copies of extracts kept in the civil register may be issued to any interested party. They may only be issued with the authorisation of the Public Prosecutor where an indication of cancellation has bee…

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French Code of civil procedureIn force
Chapter III: The civil register

Article 1057

…the extracts of applications, deeds and judgments which, by virtue of the specific texts referring to this register, must be filed and kept at the registries of the judicial courts.The extracts are e…

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French Code of civil procedureIn force
Chapter III: The civil register

Article 1059

Publicity of applications, acts and judgments is effected by an entry in the margin of the birth record of the person concerned. This entry is made at the behest of the clerk of the judicial court or,…

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French Code of civil procedureIn force
Chapter III: The civil register

Article 1060

…judgments which reject an application or terminate a measure appearing in the civil register, is automatically supplemented by the indication that it entails the cancellation of previous entries. The…

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French Code of civil procedureIn force
Chapter III: The civil register

Article 1058

The extracts are filed and kept by the registry of the judicial court in whose jurisdiction the person concerned was born and by the central civil status department for persons born abroad..

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French Code of civil procedureIn force
Chapter XI: Legal support measures.

Article 1262

…he Code de l'action sociale et des familles (Code on social action and families), the public prosecutor refers the matter to the guardianship judge, he immediately informs the president of the departm…

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