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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
CHAPTER VI : Resource equalisation

Article R2336-8

The portions of the envelope calculated under the conditions set out in article R. 2336-7 accruing to the communes of the territorial collectivity of Saint-Pierre-et-Miquelon and to the territorial co…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
CHAPTER I: General provisions.

Article D2411-8

The resignations of the members of the syndicate commission shall be addressed to the president, who shall inform the mayor and the prefect or sub-prefect. The resignation of the president shall be ad…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Paragraph 2: Powers (R).

Article R2511-8

With regard to new housing, bodies that build or manage housing located in a borough or group of boroughs send the mayor of the municipality, who informs the mayors of all the boroughs, the list of ho…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Title XVII: Prosecution, investigation and judgment of offences relating to trafficking in human beings, procuring or the use of prostitution of minors

Article D47-8

Without prejudice to their preservation on media placed under seal or appended to official reports, as evidence in the proceedings during which they were extracted, acquired or transmitted, the illici…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Paragraph 3: The Enforcement Division of the Court of Appeal.

Article D49-8

The first president of the court of appeal shall designate by order, after consulting the general assembly of judges, the president or the councillor of the court of appeal responsible for presiding o…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Title Ia: Electronically supervised home detention sentence

Article D49-89

Failure to comply with the time limits set out in articles D. 49-84 and D. 49-85 does not constitute grounds for invalidating summonses or the formalities for installing the electronic surveillance de…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Title Ia: Electronically supervised home detention sentence

Article D49-83

The provisions of article R. 622-4 of the Penitentiary Codedetermine the conditions under which home detention under electronic surveillance is implemented in a place that is not the sentenced person'…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 5: Provisions applicable to persons convicted of acts of terrorism

Article D49-80

For oral hearings before the Paris enforcement judge or court, the public prosecutor is represented by the public prosecutor of the Paris judicial court. These hearings shall take place at the Paris J…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Title Ia: Electronically supervised home detention sentence

Article D49-87

…rain from entering into contact with the victim or the civil party, in accordance with 9°, 13° and 18° of article 132-45 of the Criminal Code, the sentence enforcement judge may decide to notify the v…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 5: Provisions applicable to persons convicted of acts of terrorism

Article D49-81

In the exercise of the powers provided for in article 706-22-1 the Paris Sentence Enforcement Judge may appoint the penitentiary integration and probation service with territorial jurisdiction over th…

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