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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Subsection 1: Judicial supervision

Article 141-4

The police and gendarmerie units may, ex officio or on the instruction of the investigating judge, apprehend any person placed under judicial supervision against whom there are one or more plausible g…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Subsection 1: Judicial supervision

Article 141-3

When pre-trial detention is ordered following the revocation of a judicial supervision order against a person previously placed in pre-trial detention for the same acts, the cumulative period of deten…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Subsection 1: Judicial supervision

Article 141-5

The police and gendarmerie units may, in accordance with the procedures set out in articles 56 to 58 and during the hours set out in Article 59, and after obtaining the agreement of the examining magi…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Section III: Policyholder and beneficiary information and pricing

Article A132-9

The obligation to provide the information referred to in Article L. 132-9-1 is validly fulfilled if the contract, or the notice in the case of contracts referred to in Article L. 141-1, contains the f…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Section I: General provisions.

Article L132-7

Insurance in the event of death is void if the insured voluntarily commits suicide during the first year of the contract.Insurance in the event of death must cover the risk of suicide from the second…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: Definitions and missions

Article L721-7

In the collectivities referred to in Article 73 of the Constitution and in the collectivities of Saint-Barthélemy, Saint-Martin and Saint-Pierre-et-Miquelon, the Banque de France carries out the tasks…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Section VI: Life insurance with variable capital on real estate.

Article L160-14

For contracts mentioned in article L. 141-1 , one unit of account of which is made up of shares in a company mentioned in article L. 160-10, the insurance company shall inform the policyholder(s) and…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Section VI: Life insurance with variable capital on real estate.

Article L160-13

The insurance company shall inform policyholders of life insurance and capitalisation contracts not covered by Article L. 141-1 and comprising units of account made up of shares in a company referred…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Chapter IX: Group non-life insurance

Article L129-1

Titles I and II of this Book also apply to group non-life insurance. A group non-life insurance contract is a contract taken out by a legal entity with a view to the subscription of any person interes…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 2: Seller's lien.

Article L141-18

If the sale or transfer of a business includes branches or establishments located on French territory, the publication prescribed in articles L. 141-7 to L. 141-17 must also be made in a medium author…

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