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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
TITLE IV: ACCOUNTING

Article D2342-7

Any mandate shall state the financial year and the appropriation to which the expenditure applies; it shall be accompanied, for the establishment of the debt and the regularity of the payment, by the…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Book IV: Some special procedures

Article D47-7

By application of Article 706-27, the assize courts designated in the table annexed to this article shall have jurisdiction to hear, in the districts defined in this table, the crimes referred to in A…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Chapter III: Courts for the enforcement of sentences

Article D49-77

The sentenced person's individual file provided for by Article D. 49-29 is kept by the registry of the Paris enforcement judge. A copy of all or part of this file is kept by the registry of the compet…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Subsection 2: Reductions in sentence provided for by article 721

Article D116-7

The decision to withdraw a sentence reduction is enforced following the last sentence served.

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Chapter III: Courts for the enforcement of sentences

Article D49-76

The requests of the sentenced person provided for by

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Chapter III: Courts for the enforcement of sentences

Article D49-70

…prison sentence that is subject to an adjustment measure in accordance with the provisions of Article 723-15, unless the provisions of Articles D. 49-72 or D. 49-73.

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Chapter II: General conditions of detention

Article D147-7

In the event of a combination of convictions, at least one of which was handed down for acts committed in a state of legal recidivism, these provisions shall be applied only if the total prison senten…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Chapter III: Courts for the enforcement of sentences

Article D49-71

The public prosecutor or the public prosecutor, when enforcing a prison sentence in the case provided for by the second and third paragraphs of Article 723-15-2 and by article 723-16, may inform the v…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Chapter III: Courts for the enforcement of sentences

Article D49-73

When the person sentenced to a custodial sentence is not immediately incarcerated following the judgment, the victim may also request, in accordance with the procedures set out in Article D. 49-72, no…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Chapter III: Courts for the enforcement of sentences

Article D49-74

Where the civil party's lawyer has informed the sentence enforcement judge, by declaration to the clerk's office or by registered letter with acknowledgement of receipt, that he wishes to attend the a…

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