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French Civil CodeIn force
Chapter VIII: Provisions specific to the overseas collectivities governed by Article 74 of the Constitution and New Caledonia

Article 33

For the application of this Title: 1° The words: "tribunal de grande instance" are replaced by the words: "tribunal de première instance"; 2° In Articles 21-28 and 21-29, the words: "in the department…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Chapter VIII: Provisions specific to the overseas collectivities governed by Article 74 of the Constitution and New Caledonia

Article 33-1

By way of derogation from Article 26, the declaration which must be received by the director of the judicial registry services of the judicial court is received by the president of the court of first…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Chapter VIII: Provisions specific to the overseas collectivities governed by Article 74 of the Constitution and New Caledonia

Article 33-2

Parrogation à l'article 31, the president of the court of first instance or the judge in charge of the detached section has sole authority to issue a certificate of French nationality to any person wh…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Paragraph 1: Acts relating mainly to the family

Article A444-67

Documents relating to an inter vivos gift (numbers 16 to 19 of table 5) give rise to the collection of an emolument proportional to the value in full ownership (including in the case of a usufruct res…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
1c: Capital gains realised in the course of an agricultural, craft, commercial, industrial or liberal activity

Article 151 sexies

…U to 150 VH, for the part corresponding to this period. This part is exempt if it is agricultural land that does not fall within the scope of A of article 1594-0 G and is farmed by a farmer who has c…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 2: Conditions for registration on the list of court-appointed administrators

Article A811-30

The test is marked from 0 to 20. The certificate of achievement mentioned in article

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French Civil CodeIn force
Section 4: The confession

Article 1383-2

A judicial confession is the statement made in court by the party or his specially authorised representative.It is authentic against the person who made it.It cannot be divided against its author.It i…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Section 4: The confession

Article 1383-1

A purely verbal extrajudicial confession is received only in cases where the law allows proof by any means.Its probative value is left to the judge's discretion.

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French Civil CodeIn force
Section 5: The oath

Article 1384

The oath may be referred by one party to the other, as a decisory matter, in order to make the judgment of the case depend on it. It may also be referred ex officio by the judge to one of the parties.

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French Civil CodeIn force
Section 4: The confession

Article 1383

A confession is the statement by which a person acknowledges as true a fact likely to produce legal consequences against him.It may be judicial or extrajudicial.

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