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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Paragraph 1: Conditions of performance

Article 695-22

…e prosecuted and judged by the French courts and the public prosecution is extinguished by amnesty ;2° If the requested person has been the subject, by the French judicial authorities or by those of a…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 11: Termination of service.

Article R6152-630-2

The contractual termination does not apply: 1° In the event of dismissal or resignation ; 2° Practitioners who have reached the age of entitlement to a retirement pension as set out inarticle L. 161-1…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Chapter I: Flagrant crimes and offences

Article 63-2

…o the officer that such communication is not incompatible with the objectives mentioned in article 62-2 and that it is not likely to enable an offence to be committed.In order to ensure the good order…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
1. Functions.

Article R6152-26-6

…director of the establishment establishes that the prohibition provided for in II of article L. 6152-5-1 has not been complied with, a summons is sent to the practitioner's practice address at least…

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French Code of civil procedureIn force
Section II: Service of documents in ordinary form.

Article 670-2

If the document is intended for a person residing in French Polynesia, the Wallis and Futuna Islands, New Caledonia and the French Southern and Antarctic Territories, and unless notification could be…

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French Code of civil procedureIn force
Section III: Appeal by the Public Prosecutor at the Cour de cassation

Article 639-2

The contested judgment retains its effects between the parties, even in respect of the heads that have been set aside.

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French Civil CodeIn force
Section 1: Loss of French nationality

Article 23-6

The loss of French nationality may be established by judgement when the person concerned, French by descent, does not have possession of French nationality and has never had his or her habitual reside…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Preliminary Title: Publication, effects and application of laws in general

Article 6-2

All children whose filiation has been legally established have the same rights and duties in their relationship with their parents, subject to the provisions specific to simple adoption. Parentage bri…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Chapter I: Flagrant crimes and offences

Article 61-2

If the victim is confronted with a person heard under the conditions provided for in Article 61-1 for a felony or misdemeanour punishable by a prison sentence, it may also ask to be assisted, in accor…

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French Customs CodeIn force
Section 1: Right to inspect goods, means of transport and persons.

Article 60-2

Where there are reasonable grounds for suspecting the commission or attempted commission of an offence referred to in Section 1 of Chapter VI of Title XII and Chapter IV of Title XIV of this Code and…

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