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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Title I: Provisions applicable in French Polynesia, the Wallis and Futuna Islands and New Caledonia

Article 836

In New Caledonia and the Wallis and Futuna Islands, the criminal court ruling as a panel is completed by two assessors under the conditions set out in the Code of Judicial Organisation.In the Wallis a…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Title I: Provisions applicable in French Polynesia, the Wallis and Futuna Islands and New Caledonia

Article 823

…rtés et de la détention as soon as possible and, at the latest, on the seventh working day thereafter. The period provided for in the second paragraph of Article 187-1 is also extended to seven workin…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Title II: Provisions specific to the Department of Mayotte

Article 886

For the application of articles 296,297 and

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French Civil CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Other debts

Article 872

Where immovables of an estate are encumbered by annuities by special mortgage, each of the co-heirs may demand that the annuities be repaid and the immovables made free before the lots are formed. If…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Title II: Provisions specific to the Department of Mayotte

Article 884

For all hearings of the Investigating Chamber of the Court of Appeal of Saint-Denis de La Réunion ruling on an appeal against an order of the investigating judge or the liberty and custody judge of th…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Chapter II: Life insurance and capitalisation operations

Article A132-4-3

For life insurance or capitalisation contracts, when the policyholder or subscriber converts individual rights into rights expressed in units of account that were not selected when the contract was ta…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
APPENDICES TO PART FOUR

Article Annexe 41-4

…hes containing a combination of lidocaine and prilocaine. 3° Analgesics: - oral or rectal paracetamol. 4° Local antifungals. 5° Antiseptic, antibacterial and antiviral eye drops without anaesthetics,…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
Section III: Miscellaneous obligations

Article 881

I. - The contribution from which the registrations of liens or mortgages required by the State have been exempted is due when they are cancelled.II. - In the event of acquiescence by the debtors, the…

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French Code of civil procedureIn force
Section 2: Proceedings for judgment

Article 829

…ust be written, dated and signed by the applicant. It must be written, dated and signed by its author. The author must attach to it, in original or photocopy, any official document proving his identit…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Chapter IV: Death certificates.

Article 87

When the body of a deceased person is found and can be identified, a death record must be drawn up by the civil registrar of the presumed place of death, regardless of the time elapsed between the dea…

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