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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Title VI: Judicial restraint

Article 758

In accordance with the dispositions de l'article L. 216-1 du code pénitentiaire, la contrainte judiciaire est subie en établissement pénitentiaire, dans le quartier à ce destiné.

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Title VIII: Criminal records

Article 781

Any person who, by assuming a false name or capacity, has had an extract from the criminal record of a third party issued to them is punishable by a fine of €7,500. Any person who has provided imagina…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
D: Special schemes and exemptions

Article 795

…ents to the war dead or to the glory of our arms and allied armies;12° In accordance with l'article L. 322-8 of the Environment Code, gifts and bequests of real estate made to the Conservatoire de l'e…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Title VIII: Criminal records

Article 775

…een granted by operation of law or by the courts; 6° Convictions to which the provisions of Article L. 263-4 of the code of military justice; 7° and 8° (Repealed); 9° Provisions pronouncing the depriv…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Paragraph 3: Division into paternal and maternal branches.

Article 746

Kinship is divided into two branches, depending on whether it proceeds from the father or the mother.

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French Civil CodeIn force
Paragraph 3: Division into paternal and maternal branches.

Article 749

When the estate devolves to collaterals other than brothers and sisters or their descendants, it is divided equally between those of the paternal branch and those of the maternal branch.

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French Civil CodeIn force
Paragraph 3: Division into paternal and maternal branches.

Article 748

In each branch succeeds, to the exclusion of all others, the ascendant who is in the nearest degree. Ascendants in the same degree succeed by head. In the absence of an ascendant in one branch, ascend…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Paragraph 3: Division into paternal and maternal branches.

Article 747

When the estate devolves to ascendants, it is divided equally between those of the paternal branch and those of the maternal branch.

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French Civil CodeIn force
Paragraph 3: Division into paternal and maternal branches.

Article 750

In each branch succeeds, to the exclusion of all others, the collateral who is in the nearest degree. Collaterals in the same degree succeed by head. In the absence of a collateral in one branch, coll…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Title III: Conditional release

Article 733

…t occurred before the expiry of the period provided for in the previous article, the release is final. In this case, the sentence is deemed to have been completed from the day of conditional release.

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