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Showing 25012510 of 28339 articles for Art. 28 mai 1973

French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 1: General provisions

Article 380-6

The assize court ruling on appeal on the civil action may not, on the sole appeal of the accused, the civilly liable person or the civil party, aggravate the fate of the appellant. The civil party may…

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French Sports CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Checking and recording offences

Article L425-5

In carrying out their testing duties, the persons referred to in article L. 425-2 may only enter the premises referred to in article L. 425-4 between 6 a.m. and 9 p.m. or at any time when these premis…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Bonds issued by associations.

Article L213-13

The interest rate stipulated in the issue contract may not be higher than the average bond market rate for the quarter preceding the issue, plus a remuneration defined by order of the Minister for the…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 1: General provisions

Article L228-91

…as constituting a promise to acquire shares for the purposes of the second paragraph of article L. 228-10.

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Chapter V: Life mortgage and transfer advance loan

Article L315-2

A credit institution, a financial institution or a third-party financing company mentioned in 8 of Article L. 511-6 of the Monetary and Financial Code may finance renovation work by means of an advanc…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Subsection 4: Payment with subrogation

Article 1346-5

The debtor may invoke subrogation as soon as he is aware of it, but it may not be set up against him unless he has been notified of it or has taken note of it.Subrogation may be set up against third p…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Chapter IV: Judicial measures to prevent recidivism in terrorism and rehabilitation

Article R50-74

On the decision of its chairman, who is responsible for its implementation, the multidisciplinary commission on security measures may carry out or have carried out throughout France any examinations,…

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French Tourism CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Penalties.

Article R325-23

The Prefect may, at any time, carry out the necessary checks to verify that the conditions required for approval are still being met. If this is not the case, the Prefect may issue a warning or order…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 4: Operation

Article L2121-20

A councillor unable to attend a meeting may give a colleague of his choice written authority to vote on his behalf. The same municipal councillor may hold only one proxy. A proxy may be revoked at any…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Chapter I: General provisions.

Article 1390

They may, however, stipulate that on the dissolution of the marriage by the death of one of them, the surviving spouse shall have the option of acquiring or, as the case may be, having attributed to h…

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