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French Civil CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: Capacity

Article 1148

A person who is incapable of entering into a contract may nevertheless carry out on his or her own the ordinary acts authorised by law or custom, provided that they are entered into under normal condi…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: Capacity

Article 1149

Routine acts performed by a minor may be annulled on the grounds of simple injury. However, nullity is not incurred where the lesion results from an unforeseeable event. A simple declaration of majori…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Subsection 1: General provisions

Article 1202

Any counter-letter whose purpose is to increase the price stipulated in the agreement for the transfer of a ministerial office is null and void. Also void is any contract whose purpose is to conceal p…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Subsection 1: General provisions

Article 1200

Third parties must respect the legal situation created by the contract. They may rely on it in particular to provide proof of a fact.

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French Civil CodeIn force
Subsection 1: General provisions

Article 1201

When the parties have entered into an apparent contract that conceals a hidden contract, the latter, also known as a counter-letter, is effective between the parties. It is not enforceable against thi…

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French Code of civil procedureIn force
Section I: Provisions relating to measures ordered by the judge

Article 1244

The clerk of the court summons to the hearing scheduled for the debates:1° If one has been constituted, the appellant's lawyer, by any means;2° The appellant and the persons to whom the decision or de…

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French Customs CodeIn force
Chapter I: General system of acquits-à-caution.

Article 124

1. The quantities of goods in respect of which the prescribed obligations have not been fulfilled shall be liable to the duties and taxes in force on the date of registration of the acquits-à-caution…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 2: Credits

Article D752-12

I. - Subject to the adaptations provided for in II, the provisions of the articles mentioned in the left-hand column of the table below shall apply in New Caledonia, in the wording indicated in the ri…

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French Code of civil procedureIn force
Subsection 2: Proceedings before the guardianship judge

Article 1231

Notifications that must be made at the registry's behest are made by registered letter with acknowledgement of receipt; the judge may, however, decide that they will be made by bailiff's deed. The iss…

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French Code of civil procedureIn force
Subsection 2: Proceedings before the guardianship judge

Article 1230

Any decision of the judge is notified, at the registry's behest, to the applicant, the person in charge of protection or the legal administrator and to all those whose rights or obligations resulting…

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