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French Civil CodeIn force
Section 2: Educational assistance

Article 375-8

The costs of maintaining and educating a child who has been the subject of an educational assistance measure shall continue to be the responsibility of the child's father and mother and ascendants fro…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Chapter II: Cohabitation

Article 515-8

Cohabitation is a de facto union, characterized by a shared life of stability and continuity, between two people, of different sexes or the same sex, who live as a couple.

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Chapter I: Flagrant crimes and offences

Article 63-8

At the end of police custody, the person is, on the instructions of the public prosecutor under whose supervision the investigation is being conducted, either released or brought before that magistrat…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 1: General provisions

Article 83-2

…atter to the liberty and custody judge, to order release on his own initiative and to issue the notice of the end of the investigation provided for in article 175 and the settlement order. However, th…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 1: General provisions

Article 83-1

…exity of the case justifies it, the information may be the subject of a co-investigation in accordance with the procedures laid down in this article. The president of the judicial court in which there…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 1: General provisions

Article 82-1

…hey be heard or questioned, that a witness be heard, that they be confronted or transported to the scene, that an order be made for the production by one of them of a document useful to the investigat…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 1: General provisions

Article 84-1

During the first appearance of the person under investigation or the first hearing of the civil party or the assisted witness and at any time during the proceedings, the examining magistrate may ask t…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 1: General provisions

Article 80-3

As soon as the investigation begins, the investigating judge must notify the victim of an offence that proceedings have been opened, of his or her right to bring a civil action and of the procedures f…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 1: General provisions

Article 82-2

…to the provisions of Article 82-1, of a request that this magistrate carry out a transport to the scene, to hear a witness, a civil party or another person under investigation, he or she may request…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 1: General provisions

Article 81-1

…at the request of the public prosecutor or at the request of the civil party, carry out, in accordance with the law, any act enabling him to assess the nature and extent of the harm suffered by the vi…

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