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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Subsection 3: Guarantees granted at the end of the term of office

Article L7125-11

On the occasion of the general renewal of the councillors to the Assembly of French Guyana, the president or any vice-president delegated by the latter who, in order to exercise his mandate, had cease…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Paragraph 3: Operation of the committee provided for in article 16-2

Article R15-11

The committee shall carry out or have carried out, either by one of its members or by rogatory commission, all useful investigative measures, in particular, if necessary, the hearing of the claimant w…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 3: Submission of applications for commercial authorisations not requiring planning permission.

Article R752-11

For projects that do not require planning permission, the application accompanied by the file must be sent to the secretariat of the departmental committee in duplicate, one of which must be in electr…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 3: Suspension and termination of the employment contract or training agreement

Article R4733-11

This section does not apply to apprentices under the age of eighteen. The latter are subject to the provisions of Section 3 of Chapter V of Title II of Book II of Part Six.

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French Code of civil procedureIn force
Chapter IV: Common provisions.

Article 1009

The First President, or his delegate, at the request of one of the parties or of his own motion, may, after obtaining the opinion of the Public Prosecutor, reduce the time limits laid down for the fil…

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French Code of civil procedureIn force
Section IV: False claims.

Article 1029

The First President shall rule after obtaining the opinion of the Public Prosecutor. He shall make an order dismissing the action or an order granting leave to act in falsity. In the event of rejectio…

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French Code of civil procedureIn force
Subsection II: Rectification and judicial annulment

Article 1052

The case is communicated to the public prosecutor's office for its opinion. When the application is made by the Public Prosecutor or a third party, the person whose civil status is in question or thei…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 2: Special provisions for certain transfers

Article L1614-11

The operating expenses of departmental libraries, made the responsibility of the departments, are compensated under the conditions provided by articles L. 1614-1 to L. 1614-3.However, the appropriatio…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Section 4: Universal legacies.

Article 1009

The universal legatee, who is in concurrence with an heir to whom the law reserves a share of the property, shall be liable for the debts and charges of the testator's succession, personally for his s…

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French Code of civil procedureIn force
Section IV: False claims.

Article 1031

The defendant must notify the plaintiff, within a period of fifteen days, whether or not he intends to make use of the document alleged to be forged.In the first case, or if there is no reply within t…

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