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French Civil CodeIn force
Section 1: General provisions

Article 249-4

Where one of the spouses is placed under one of the protective regimes provided for in Chapter II of Title XI of this Book, no application for divorce by mutual consent may be made.

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French Civil CodeIn force
Chapter III: Emancipation

Article 413-2

…nly one of the parents, the judge will decide, after hearing the other, unless the latter is unable to express his will.

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French Civil CodeIn force
Section 6: Family habilitation

Article 494-2

…fficiently provided for by applying the rules of the ordinary law of representation, those relating to the respective rights and duties of spouses and the rules of matrimonial property regimes, in par…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Chapter III: Legal support measures

Article 495-2

The judicial support measure may only be ordered at the request of the public prosecutor, who assesses whether it is appropriate in the light of the social services report provided for in article

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Subtitle I: Public and civil proceedings

Article 2-4

…een duly registered for at least five years and that proposes, through its articles of association, to combat crimes against humanity or war crimes or to defend the moral interests and honour of the R…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Chapter VIII: Recording and fixing images in public places using airborne devices

Article 230-49

The decision authorising the use of the device referred to in article 230-47 shall include all the information needed to identify the places concerned and shall specify its duration. The authorisation…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Chapter V: Geolocation

Article 230-42

…red under the conditions provided for in Article 230-40, unless the request and the report referred to in the last paragraph of this same article have been added to the file pursuant to l'article 230-…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Chapter V: Geolocation

Article 230-43

Recordings of location data shall be destroyed, at the request of the public prosecutor or the public prosecutor's office, on expiry of the limitation period for prosecution. A record of the destructi…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Chapter V: Geolocation

Article 230-41

…that the conditions set out in the said article have not been met or that the information referred to in the said article is essential for the exercise of the rights of the defence, the president of…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Paragraph 1: General provisions

Article 470-2

…122-1 of the Criminal Code is applicable, it shall rule in accordance with Article 706-133 relating to the declaration of lack of criminal responsibility on grounds of mental disorder.

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