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French Public Health CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: Work and holidays.

Article R6152-520-1

Hospital assistants are entitled to maternity leave, birth leave, paternity leave and childcare leave, adoption leave or leave for the arrival of a child placed with a view to adoption in accordance w…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: Work and holidays.

Article R6152-519-2

Leave due under 1° of article R. 6152-519 may not be carried over to the following year, unless exceptional authorisation is granted by the director of the establishment after consulting the head of t…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter I: Health protection.

Article L1521-5

…of Title II of Book I of this Part shall apply to the Wallis and Futuna Islands, in the wording indicated in the right-hand column of the table in I: ARTICLES IN THE WORDING RESULTING FROM L. 1121-1 O…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Paragraph 1: General provisions

Article 462

…given either at the same hearing at which the debates took place, or at a later date. In the latter case, the chairman informs the parties present of the day on which the judgment will be delivered.

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Paragraph 1: General provisions

Article 463

…14,119,120 and 121. The public prosecutor may obtain, if necessary by means of requisitions, communication of the case file at any time during the supplemental investigation, on condition that the doc…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Paragraph 1: General provisions

Article 464

…the provisional payment, in whole or in part, of the damages awarded. It also has the option, if it cannot rule on the claim for damages as it stands, to award the civil party a provisional payment, e…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Paragraph 1: General provisions

Article 482

A judgment rejecting an application for restitution may be appealed against by the person who made the application.A judgment granting restitution may be appealed against by the public prosecutor and…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Paragraph 1: General provisions

Article 472

In the case provided for in Article 470, where the civil party has itself initiated the public prosecution, the court shall rule by the same judgment on the claim for damages made by the person acquit…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Paragraph 1: General provisions

Article 480

If the court grants restitution, it may take any precautionary measures to ensure the representation of the returned objects until a final decision on the merits.

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Paragraph 1: General provisions

Article 471

…the first and second paragraphs of Article 142-2 and the second paragraph of article 142-3 are applicable. The criminal penalties imposed pursuant to articles 131-4-1 to 131-11 and 132-25 to 132-70 of…

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