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French Code of civil procedureIn force
Sub-section II: Expertise operations.

Article 279

If the expert encounters difficulties that prevent him from carrying out his mission or if an extension of his mission proves necessary, he will report this to the judge. The judge may, in giving his…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Paragraph 2: Formation of the jury

Article 262

…e judges appointed each year by the general assembly of the court, seat of the assize court; As the case may be, either the public prosecutor or his delegate, or the public prosecutor or his delegate;…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 1: Compulsory acts

Article 272

…s to the clerk's office. If the accused is at liberty, the procedure shall be as set out in Article 272-1. The President may delegate one of his assessors to conduct this examination. An interpreter m…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 3: Powers of the public prosecutor

Article 41-6

By way of derogation from articles 41-4 and 41-5, when proceedings have ended in a final conviction handed down by an Assize Court, the Public Prosecutor or the Attorney General who intends to order t…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Section 11: Access to electricity or natural gas consumption data

Article D224-26

Where the consumer is equipped with a metering device that can be read remotely and as defined in the first paragraphs of articles L. 341-4 et L. 453-7 of the Energy Code, the electricity or natural g…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 1: Compulsory acts

Article 270

If the accused is at large or fails to appear, he may be tried in absentia in accordance with the provisions of Chapter VIII of this Title. Where the accused is at large, however, the date of the hear…

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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Chapter II: Award procedure and conditions

Article 442-6

If an author is refused support, he or she may submit a new application from 1 January of the year following the year of the refusal decision.

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French Civil CodeIn force
Paragraph 3: Compensatory benefits.

Article 274

The judge shall decide the manner in which the capital compensatory allowance is to be enforced from among the following forms: 1° Payment of a sum of money, whereby the granting of the divorce may be…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Paragraph 2: Formation of the jury

Article 266

…deceased or who turn out not to meet the conditions of legal fitness resulting from articles 255,256 and 257 or have served as a juror in the department for less than five years, these names are imme…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 6: Provisions applicable to certain overseas collectivities

Article L3512-27

For the application of sections 1 to 5 of this chapter, in the collectivities governed by Article 73 of the Constitution, in Saint-Martin, in Saint-Barthélemy and in Saint-Pierre-et-Miquelon: 1° The w…

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