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Showing 19311940 of 19544 articles for Art. Cass. crim. – 22 Jan. 1990 – no. 88-84955

French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Title XVI: Prosecution, investigation and trial of drug trafficking offences

Article 706-27

Within the jurisdiction of each court of appeal, one or more assize courts, the list of which shall be determined by decree, shall have jurisdiction to try the crimes referred to in Article 706-26 and…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Title III: Conditional release

Article 729-3

Conditional release may be granted to any person sentenced to a custodial sentence of less than or equal to four years, or for which the remaining sentence is less than or equal to four years, where t…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 9: Provisions relating to the judicial supervision of dangerous persons convicted of a felony or misdemeanour

Article 723-35

In the event of non-compliance by the sentenced person with the obligations and prohibitions imposed, the sentence enforcement judge may, in accordance with the procedures laid down by article 712-6,…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 4: Halls, markets and public weights

Article R2224-31

…he Minister for Infrastructure and the Minister for the Interior may, in accordance with article L. 2224-22, extend the application of the provisions of articles L. 2224-20 et L. 2224-21 to the divers…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Section 3: Delegation of parental authority

Article 377

The father and mother, together or separately, may, where circumstances so require, apply to the judge to have all or part of the exercise of their parental authority delegated to a third party, a fam…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 2: Procedure

Article 698-1

Without prejudice to the application of article 36, public proceedings shall be initiated by the public prosecutor with territorial jurisdiction, who shall decide what action to take on the facts brou…

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French Tourism CodeIn force
Section 3: Demographic upgrading.

Article L133-19

…ection 2 of section 2 of this chapter are set out in the penultimate paragraph of article 88 of law no. 84-53 of 26th January 1984 on statutory provisions relating to the local civil service. A munici…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Paragraph 3: Operation

Article L5842-16

…application of in article L. 5212-17, the words: "of 6 January 1988, the date of publication of law no. 88-13 of 5 January 1988 improving decentralisation" are replaced by the words: "of the entry int…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 5: Psychotropic substances and preparations

Article R5132-94

Persons engaged in national and international trade are required to draw up an annual summary statement indicating for each psychotropic substance or medicinal product containing it: 1° The quantities…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Subsection 3: Functional allowances.

Article R2123-23

The increases in functional allowances resulting from the application of article L. 2123-22 may amount to a maximum for the elected representatives referred to in article L. 2123-20 : 1° In the commun…

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