Article 556
If the person to whom the summons is addressed is absent from his or her home, the copy shall be delivered to an allied relative, servant or a person residing at that home.The bailiff shall indicate i…
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If the person to whom the summons is addressed is absent from his or her home, the copy shall be delivered to an allied relative, servant or a person residing at that home.The bailiff shall indicate i…
…he end of the original and the copy of the writ, the cost thereof, on pain of a civil fine of 3 to 15 euros; this fine is pronounced by the president of the court hearing the case.
The Registrar, within a maximum period of twenty days from the date of the declaration of appeal, shall mark and initial the documents in the file, to which he shall attach a copy of the contested dec…
…s report, which includes the particulars provided for in the second and third paragraphs of Article 551, is equivalent to a summons to appear before the public prosecutor. It allows the person to be t…
If the police court considers that the act constitutes a felony or misdemeanour, it declares itself incompetent. It shall refer the Public Prosecutor's Office to proceed as it sees fit.
If a writ is declared null and void through the fault of the bailiff, the bailiff may be ordered to pay the costs of the writ and the annulled proceedings, and possibly damages to the party who has be…
The declaration of appeal must be made to the registrar of the court which handed down the contested decision.It must be signed by the registrar and by the applicant for judicial review himself or by…
All persons who separate and refine gold, silver or platinum for the trade, as well as auctioneers, ministerial officers or any other bodies (auction rooms, municipal credit institutions, etc.) carryi…
…sponsibility mark and a title mark under the conditions laid down in the fifth paragraph of article 548 and brought into France by virtue of the exceptions provided for in the last paragraph of the sa…
Manufacturers of gold, silver or platinum articles are subject to the guarantee legislation provided for in this chapter, not only in respect of their own production but also for articles which they h…
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