French Civil CodeIn force
Chapter I: General provisions.
Article 54
In all cases where a court of law deals with acts relating to civil status, the interested parties may appeal against the judgment.
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In all cases where a court of law deals with acts relating to civil status, the interested parties may appeal against the judgment.
Any custodian of the registers shall be civilly liable for any alterations thereto, subject to his recourse, if any, against the authors of the said alterations.
Any contravention of the foregoing articles, on the part of the officials named therein, will be prosecuted before the judicial court, and punishable by a fine of 3 to 30 euros.
Any alteration, any forgery in civil status records, any registration of these records made on a loose leaf and otherwise than on the registers for this purpose, will give rise to damages from the par…
The public prosecutor with territorial jurisdiction may at any time verify the state of the registers; he or she will draw up a summary report of the verification, denounce any contraventions or offen…
All assets are movable or immovable.
The time limit is interrupted by the death of the party to whom the judgment had been notified.It runs by virtue of a notification made to the domicile of the deceased and from the expiry of the time…
The party to whom an appeal is served shall, for the purpose of such service, be deemed to reside at the address indicated by him in the notification of the judgment.
Judicial administration measures are not subject to appeal.
If the party who served the judgment is deceased, the action may be served at the domicile of the deceased, on his heirs and representatives, collectively and without designation of names and capaciti…
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