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French Civil CodeIn force
Chapter I: General provisions.

Article 51

Any custodian of the registers shall be civilly liable for any alterations thereto, subject to his recourse, if any, against the authors of the said alterations.

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French Civil CodeIn force
Section 1: Declarations of birth.

Article 57

The birth record will state the day, time and place of birth, the child's sex, the forenames to be given to him or her, the family name, followed, where applicable, by a mention of the parents' joint…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Section 1: Declarations of birth.

Article 58

…f the place where the child was found. If he does not consent to take charge of the child, he must hand it over, together with the clothing and other effects found with it, to the registrar. A detaile…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Chapter I: General provisions.

Article 52

…ration, any forgery in civil status records, any registration of these records made on a loose leaf and otherwise than on the registers for this purpose, will give rise to damages from the parties, wi…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Chapter I: General provisions.

Article 53

…report of the verification, denounce any contraventions or offences committed by civil registrars, and request that they be fined.

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French Civil CodeIn force
Section 1: Declarations of birth.

Article 56

…ctors of medicine or surgery, midwives, health officers or other persons who attended the delivery; and when the mother is delivered outside her home, by the person in whose home she is delivered. The…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Section 1: Declarations of birth.

Article 59

…e record will be drawn up under the same conditions, when it is impossible to communicate with the land, or when there is no French diplomatic or consular agent in the port, if abroad, invested with t…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 1: Exercise of the right of appeal

Article 508

…the president of the court of the filing of such application. The judgment shall not be enforceable and the court may not rule on the merits until a decision has been made on the said application.As s…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Chapter I: Jurisdiction of the Police Court

Article 523

…f the judicial court, an officer of the public prosecutor's office as stated in articles 45 et seq. and a court clerk.When it hears offences of the first four classes, with the exception of those dete…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Chapter II: Simplified procedure

Article 528

…the accused may expressly waive his opposition. The criminal order then becomes enforceable again and a new opposition is inadmissible.

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