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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Installation

Article D1442-13

The councillors individually take the following oath: "I swear to fulfil my duties with zeal and integrity and to maintain the secrecy of the deliberations". A record of the taking of the oath is draw…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Installation

Article D1442-11

…ice to fill a seat that has become vacant;3° A councillor appointed when a labour tribunal is created.

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 2: Designation

Article D2122-4

Mayors wear the tricolour scarf with gold fringed tassels in public ceremonies and whenever the performance of their duties may make this distinctive sign of their authority necessary. Deputies wear t…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 2: Designation

Article D2122-6

The wearing of the official mayors' badge in the national colours, the use of which is optional, is reserved for mayors in the exercise of their duties and does not dispense with the wearing of the sc…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 2: Designation

Article D2122-5

The official badge of mayors in the national colours conforms to the following model: "On a background of blue, white and red enamel bearing "MAYOR" on the white and "R.F." on the blue; surrounded by…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Chapter IV: Procedures for exercising the right to the assistance of an interpreter and the translation of certain documents in the proceedings

Article D594-6

Without prejudice to the possibility for the public prosecutor or the investigating or trial court hearing the case to order, of its own motion or at the request of the person, the translation of a do…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Chapter IV: Procedures for exercising the right to the assistance of an interpreter and the translation of certain documents in the proceedings

Article D594-10

The provisions of this section and those of the preliminary article and article 803-5 relating to translation are not applicable to notices of fixed fines and notices of increased fixed fines delivere…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Chapter IV: Procedures for exercising the right to the assistance of an interpreter and the translation of certain documents in the proceedings

Article D594-9

If, by way of exception, the pleading has been the subject of an oral translation or an oral summary, in accordance with the provisions of the second paragraph of Article 803-5, this shall be mentione…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Chapter IV: Procedures for exercising the right to the assistance of an interpreter and the translation of certain documents in the proceedings

Article D594-7

…hese documents that are relevant to the person's knowledge of the facts of which he or she is accused. The relevant passages of these documents are determined, depending on the stage of the proceeding…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Chapter IV: Procedures for exercising the right to the assistance of an interpreter and the translation of certain documents in the proceedings

Article D594-8

…and complexity of the documents to be translated and the language into which they must be translated.

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