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French Civil CodeIn force
Subsection 5: Regularity of acts

Article 465

…of the person responsible for his or her protection, the act remains subject to the rescission or reduction actions provided for in Article 435 as if it had been performed by a person placed under leg…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Subsection 5: Regularity of acts

Article 466

The articles 464 and 465 do not preclude the application of the articles 414-1 and 414-2.

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French Civil CodeIn force
Subsection 5: Regularity of acts

Article 464

…person less than two years before publicity of the judgment opening the protective measure may be reduced on the sole proof that his inability to defend his interests, as a result of the alteration of…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 5: Interrogations and confrontations

Article 120-1

Where the person under investigation or the assisted witness is implicated by several persons, they may request, in accordance with the first paragraph of

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 5: Interrogations and confrontations

Article 116-1

…and confrontations, shall be subject to audiovisual recording.The recording may only be consulted, during the investigation or before the trial court, in the event of a challenge to the scope of the…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 5: Interrogations and confrontations

Article 116

…tness, the investigating judge shall make the person's first appearance in accordance with the procedures laid down in this article. After informing the person, where applicable, of his or her right t…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 5: Interrogations and confrontations

Article 121

…ified person who has mastered a language or method of communicating with the deaf to assist him/her during the hearing. If the interpreter is not sworn, he or she must take an oath to assist the court…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 5: Interrogations and confrontations

Article 114-1

…ovisions of the sixth paragraph of Article 114, it is a criminal offence for a party to whom a reproduction of the documents or records of an investigative procedure has been given pursuant to this Ar…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 5: Interrogations and confrontations

Article 118

If, during the course of the investigation, it transpires that the acts of which the person under investigation is accused under a correctional charge actually constitute a crime, the examining magist…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 5: Interrogations and confrontations

Article 114

…ned or confronted, unless they expressly waive this, in the presence of their lawyers or the latter duly summoned. Lawyers shall be summoned no later than five working days before the examination or h…

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