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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Chapter II: General conditions of detention

Article D147-49

Except in the case of non-compliance by the sentenced person with the supervision measures and prohibitions imposed on him pursuant to article 721-2, when the sentence enforcement judge modifies these…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Chapter II: General conditions of detention

Article D147-50

The period during which the sentenced person must comply with the obligations and prohibitions imposed on him on the basis of Article 721-2 shall not be suspended if the sentenced person is imprisoned…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Chapter II: General conditions of detention

Article D147-45

The provisions of I of article 721-2 are not applicable to convicts subject to a probationary suspension, socio-judicial monitoring, judicial supervision, home detention under electronic monitoring, e…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Chapter II: General conditions of detention

Article D147-48

Where the provisions of I of article 721-2, the person must be summoned by the sentence enforcement judge of the judicial court in whose jurisdiction he is to reside, within a maximum period of one mo…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Chapter II: General conditions of detention

Article D147-46

Where the sentence enforcement judge has, pursuant to the provisions of article 721-2, ordered that the sentenced person be subject to certain control measures or prohibitions for a period equal to al…

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French Code of civil procedureIn force
Chapter II: Inheritance and gifts

Article 1380

Claims under articles 772, 794, 810-5, 812-3, 813-1, 813-7, 813-9 and the second paragraph of article 814, articles 815-6, 815-7, 815-9 and 815-11 of the Civil Code shall be brought before the preside…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Subsection 1: Guarantees granted in the exercise of the mandate

Article R2123-10

To set the maximum time of absence to which, pursuant to article L. 2123-5, elected representatives who are civil servants governed by titles II, III or IV of the general civil service regulations or…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 1: Guarantees granted to holders of departmental mandates

Article R3123-8

To set the maximum time of absence to which, pursuant to article L. 3123-3, elected representatives who are civil servants governed by titles II, III or IV of the general civil service regulations or…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 1: Guarantees granted to holders of regional mandates

Article R4135-8

To set the maximum time of absence to which, pursuant to article L. 4135-3, elected representatives who are civil servants governed by titles II, III or IV of the general civil service regulations or…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 1: Guarantees granted to holders of mandates at the Assembly of French Guyana

Article R7125-8

To set the maximum time of absence to which, pursuant to article L. 7125-3, elected representatives who are civil servants governed by titles II, III or IV of the general civil service regulations or…

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