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Showing 181–190 of 9215 articles for “Art. 8 janv. 1997”
In all cases of violent death or death occurring in a penal establishment, no mention shall be made in the registers of these circumstances, and death certificates shall simply be drawn up in the form…
The application is presented to the judicial court of the place of death or disappearance, if this occurred in a territory under the authority of France, otherwise to the court of the domicile or last…
In the event of death during a sea voyage and in the circumstances provided for in Article 59, it will be recorded within twenty-four hours by the instrumental officers designated in this article and…
When a death occurs elsewhere than in the commune where the deceased was domiciled, the civil registrar who drew up the death record will send, as soon as possible, to the civil registrar of the decea…
When there are signs or indications of violent death, or other circumstances giving reason to suspect it, burial may only be carried out after a police officer, assisted by a doctor of medicine or sur…
When the body of a deceased person is found and can be identified, a death record must be drawn up by the civil registrar of the presumed place of death, regardless of the time elapsed between the dea…
Public action for misdemeanours shall be barred after six years from the day on which the offence was committed. Public prosecution for the offences mentioned in article 706-47 of this code, when comm…
…same investigating judge, appointed under the conditions set out in the first paragraph of Article 83. In the event of a complaint with civil party status, the procedure shall be as set out in Articl…
…se of the enquiry following the complaint lodged in accordance with the second paragraph of article 85 have made it possible to establish that an adult person implicated for the offences alleged by th…
Constitution de partie civile may take place at any time during the investigation. It may be contested by the public prosecutor or by a party. In the event of a challenge, or if he declares the civil…
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