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French Civil CodeIn force
Chapter II: Use and habitation

Article 625

Rights of use and habitation are established and lost in the same way as usufruct.

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Chapter VI: Requests for prior acts

Article 626

…epresentative or, in the event of death or declared absence, the persons mentioned in 4° of Article 622-2 who intend to submit an application for review to the Court of Revision and Reconsideration ma…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Chapter III: Procedure before the Court of Revision and Reconsideration

Article 624

The application for review or the application for reconsideration shall be submitted to the commission for the examination of applications for review and reconsideration, which shall rule on its admis…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Chapter V: Applications to suspend enforcement of the sentence

Article 625

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Chapter I: Applications for review and reconsideration

Article 622

Revision of a final criminal judgment may be requested for the benefit of any person convicted of a felony or misdemeanour where, after conviction, a new fact occurs or a factor unknown to the court o…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Chapter II: Court of Revision and Reconsideration

Article 623

The application for revision or reconsideration is submitted to the Court of Revision and Reconsideration. This court is made up of eighteen magistrates from the Cour de cassation, including the presi…

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

Article 621

Where a court of appeal, assize court, criminal court or police court has handed down a final judgment or ruling which is subject to cassation and against which none of the parties has nevertheless lo…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Title I: Procedural rules applicable to crimes against humanity and war crimes

Article 627

For the application of the Statute of the International Criminal Court signed on 18 July 1998, France shall participate in the prosecution of offences and cooperate with that Court under the condition…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Sub-title II: Courts with jurisdiction to prosecute, investigate and try crimes against humanity and war crimes and offences

Article 628

Crimes against humanity and war crimes and misdemeanours, as well as related offences, shall be prosecuted, investigated and tried in accordance with the rules of this Code subject to the provisions o…

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