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French Civil CodeIn force
Chapter I: Easements deriving from the location of premises

Article 643

If, on leaving the land where they arise, spring waters form a watercourse with the character of public and flowing waters, the owner may not divert them from their natural course to the prejudice of…

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

Article 6

Public prosecution for the enforcement of the penalty is extinguished by the death of the accused, prescription, amnesty, repeal of the criminal law and res judicata. However, if prosecution leading t…

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French Customs CodeIn force
Section 2: Right of access to premises and places of business and home visits.

Article 64

…e customs officers mentioned in 1 above, any persons to whom they have recourse pursuant to article 67 quinquies A, the occupier of the premises or his representative and the judicial police officer o…

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French Code of civil procedureIn force
Section I: Initiation of the appeal in cassation.

Article 606

Final judgments which rule on part of the main proceedings and order an investigative measure or a provisional measure may be appealed to the Court of Cassation in the same way as final judgments ruli…

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French Code of civil procedureIn force
Chapter III: Form of notifications.

Article 651

The documents are brought to the attention of the interested parties by the notification made to them. Service by a bailiff is service. Notification may always be made by service even though the law w…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Section 1: Party walls and ditches

Article 656

However, any co-owner of a party wall may be exempted from contributing to repairs and rebuilding by waiving the right of party ownership, provided that the party wall does not support a building belo…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Chapter V: Judgments of the Cour de cassation

Article 618

Where an application for judicial review has been dismissed, the party who lodged it may no longer appeal to the Court of Cassation against the same judgment or ruling, on any pretext or by any means…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
B: Basis of assessment and settlement

Article 667

…7 of the tax procedures book). 2. The departmental conciliation commission provided for in Article 1653 A may be seized for all deeds or declarations recording the transmission or statement :

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French Civil CodeIn force
Section 3: Views onto a neighbour's property

Article 677

Such windows or days may be established only twenty-six decimetres (eight feet) above the floor or ground of the room to be lighted, if on the ground floor, and nineteen decimetres (six feet) above th…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Chapter VI: Appeals in the interest of the law

Article 620

When, on the formal order given to him by the Minister of Justice, the Public Prosecutor at the Court of Cassation denounces to the Criminal Division judicial acts, rulings or judgments that are contr…

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