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

Article 61

The judicial police officer may forbid any person to leave the scene of the offence until the end of his operations. He may call and hear all persons likely to provide information on the facts or on t…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 11: Settlement orders

Article 183

Settlement orders shall be brought to the attention of the person under investigation and the assisted witness, and committal orders or indictment orders to the attention of the civil party; notificat…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 2: Decisions on public action

Article 367

If the accused is exempted from punishment or acquitted, if he is sentenced to a penalty other than a firm custodial sentence, or if he is sentenced to a firm custodial sentence covered by pre-trial d…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Paragraph 1: General provisions

Article 471

Notwithstanding an appeal, a detained defendant who has not been sentenced to an unsuspended term of imprisonment shall be released immediately after the judgment. The same shall apply in the event of…

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French Sports CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Other consequences

Article L232-23-6

The decisions of the Sanction Committee of the French Anti-Doping Agency finding an anti-doping rule violation and the agreements concluded in accordance with article L. 232-22 shall be made public af…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Transfer of ownership

Article L211-17-1

I. - Once the order has been executed, the buyer and seller of the financial instruments referred to in I of Article L. 211-1 are definitively committed, the former to pay and the latter to deliver, o…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Preliminary chapter: Human rights

Article L1110-5-2

At the patient's request to avoid all suffering and not to be subjected to unreasonable obstinacy, deep and continuous sedation causing altered consciousness maintained until death, combined with anal…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter V: Specific provisions applicable to clinical investigations of devices referred to in Article 1 of Regulation (EU) 2017/745 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 5 April 2017

Article L1125-10

The clinical investigation does not give rise to any direct or indirect financial compensation for the persons who take part in it, apart from the reimbursement of expenses incurred and, where applica…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter I: General principles relating to research involving the human person

Article L1121-11

Research involving the human person does not give rise to any direct or indirect financial compensation for the persons who take part in it, apart from the reimbursement of expenses incurred and, wher…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter VI: Special provisions applicable to studies of the performance of devices referred to in Article 1 of Regulation (EU) 2017/746 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 5 April 2017

Article L1126-9

The performance study does not give rise to any direct or indirect financial compensation for the persons taking part, apart from the reimbursement of expenses incurred and, where applicable, compensa…

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