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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Title I: Enforcement of criminal sentences

Article D48-5

The statute of limitations on a sentence is interrupted by acts or decisions of the public prosecutor, the sentence enforcement judge and, in the case of fines, the directorate general of public finan…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Title I: Enforcement of criminal sentences

Article D48-2-4

When the public prosecutor receives the convicted person against whom a deferred committal order has been issued, he or she informs him or her of the prison in which he or she is to be incarcerated, a…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Title I: Enforcement of criminal sentences

Article D48-2-7

…t in the case of an opposition lodged against a sentence in absentia, where the warrant has been provisionally enforced. To this end, he may issue a research note pursuant to 1° of article 230-19. Whe…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Title I: Enforcement of criminal sentences

Article D48-2

The enforcement of sentences office provided for by article 709-1 is run by one or more registrars or agents of the registry of the judicial court or the court of appeal. When the sentence is handed d…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Title I: Enforcement of criminal sentences

Article D48-5-5

…erred to in 1° or by order in the case referred to in 2°, may be appealed in accordance with the provisions of this Code. If the president of the court refers the case, due to its complexity, to the p…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Title I: Enforcement of criminal sentences

Article D48-2-8

…n accordance with article D. 49-11 of a request for semi-liberty, work release, electronically supervised home detention, sentence splitting or suspension, conditional release or sentence conversion d…

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French Code of civil enforcement proceduresIn force
Single section Provisions relating to Mayotte

Article R612-5

For the application of the provisions of Books III and V, insofar as they relate to property conservation measures :1° References to Decree No. 55-22 of 4 January 1955 reforming land registration and…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter III: Discharge of liabilities.

Article L643-12

The closure of the judicial liquidation or the proceedings provided for in article L. 645-1 suspends the effects of the cheque-writing ban to which the debtor is subject under article 65-3 of the decr…

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French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Chapter V: Residence permits on humanitarian grounds

Article R425-7

The temporary residence permit bearing the wording "private and family life" issued under the conditions set out in article R. 425-5 entitles the holder to engage in professional activity and vocation…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 6: National Disciplinary Chamber

Article R4311-94

…le R. 4311-92.Candidates shall make their candidacy known under the conditions laid down in Chapter V of Title II of Book I of Part Four of this Code.In the four months following each renewal of the N…

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