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French Sports CodeIn force
Chapter I: Provisions applicable to Mayotte

Article L421-3

For the application of this code in Mayotte, the word "département" is replaced by the word "collectivité".

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French Sports CodeIn force
Chapter II: Provisions specific to Saint Pierre and Miquelon

Article L422-3

For the application of this code in Saint-Pierre-et-Miquelon, the word "département" is replaced by the word "collectivité".

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 5: Presentation and payment

Article L131-39

Where a cheque is payable in a currency that is not a legal tender in France, the amount of the cheque may be paid, within the time limit for presentation of the cheque, on the basis of its value in e…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 5: Presentation and payment

Article L131-36

Neither the death of the drawer nor the drawer's incapacity occurring after the cheque has been issued affects the effects of the cheque.

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 5: Presentation and payment

Article L131-38

A person who pays a cheque without a stop payment is presumed to be validly discharged. The drawee who pays an endorsable cheque is obliged to check the regularity of the series of endorsements, but n…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 4: Downstream

Article L131-30

The guarantor is bound in the same way as the person he has guaranteed. His undertaking is valid even if the obligation he has guaranteed would be null and void for any reason other than a formal defe…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 5: Presentation and payment

Article L131-32

Cheques issued and payable in mainland France must be presented for payment within eight days. Cheques issued outside mainland France and payable in mainland France must be presented for payment withi…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 5: Presentation and payment

Article L131-31

Cheques are payable on demand. Any statement to the contrary is deemed to be unwritten. Cheques presented for payment before the day indicated as the date of issue are payable on the day of presentati…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 5: Presentation and payment

Article L131-34

Presentation to a clearing house is equivalent to presentation for payment.

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 1: Scope and definitions

Article L133-3

…ayment transaction is an action consisting in paying, transferring or withdrawing funds, independently of any underlying obligation between the payer and the payee, initiated by the payer, or on his b…

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