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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 3: Itinerant commercial and craft activities

Article L123-30

In addition to officers and agents of the judicial police, the following are competent to record by official report the offences provided for by the decree mentioned in Article L. 123-31: 1° The deput…

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French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Subsection 3: Conditions for examining the application

Article L531-3

The Office français de protection des réfugiés et apatrides (French Office for the Protection of Refugees and Stateless Persons) decides, after a single investigation, whether to recognise refugee sta…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Section 3: Intervention by the guardianship judge

Article 387-2

The legal administrator may not, even with authorisation:1° Alienate the property or rights of the minor free of charge;2° Acquire from a third party a right or claim against the minor;3° Exercise tra…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Section 3: Intervention by the guardianship judge

Article 387-1

…on behalf of the minor;4° Waive for the minor a right, compromise or compromise on his behalf;5° Accept purely and simply a succession reverting to the minor;6° Buying the minor's property, taking it…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Section 3: Intervention by the guardianship judge

Article 387-5

On the occasion of the control referred to in the preceding article, the judge may ask the legal administrator to submit to the director of the judicial registry services of the judicial court an annu…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Section 3: Intervention by the guardianship judge

Article 387-4

In the course of its supervision under Articles 387-1 and 387-3, the judge may ask the legal administrator for an inventory of the minor's assets to be sent to him or her, as well as an updated invent…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Section 3: Intervention by the guardianship judge

Article 387-6

…against him or her and order him or her to pay the civil fine provided for in the Code of Civil Procedure if he or she fails to comply.

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

Article 41-3

The penal composition procedure is also applicable to contraventions. The duration of the deprivation of the driving licence or hunting licence may not exceed three months, the duration of unpaid work…

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

Article 39-1

…osecutor implements the criminal policy defined by the general instructions of the Minister of Justice, specified and, where appropriate, adapted by the public prosecutor. In addition to the specific…

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

Article 39-2

…s to prosecution, initiating and exercising public action, directing the criminal investigation police, identity checks and enforcing sentences, the public prosecutor ensures the prevention of breache…

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