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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Chapter II: Preliminary investigation

Article 77

The provisions of articles 61-1 and 61-2 relating to the hearing of a suspected person or a victim as well as those of articles 62-2 to 64-1 relating to police custody are applicable during the prelim…

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French Customs CodeIn force
Section 2: Land transport.

Article 77

1. Every driver of goods must, on arrival at the customs office, submit to the customs department, by way of summary declaration, a waybill indicating the items he is carrying. 2. Prohibited goods mus…

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French Code of civil procedureIn force
Chapter III: The Registry

Article 770

The copy of the application shall, as soon as it is delivered to the registry, be presented by the registrar to the president of the court with a view to the formalities of fixing and distribution. Th…

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French Code of civil procedureIn force
Chapter III: The Registry

Article 771

The case file is kept and updated by the clerk of the chamber to which the case has been distributed. A record shall be drawn up enabling the status of the case to be ascertained at any time.

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French Code of civil procedureIn force
Chapter I: Ordinary procedure

Article 775

The procedure is written unless otherwise specified.

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French Code of civil procedureIn force
Chapter III: The Registry

Article 774

In ordinary written proceedings, the lawyers of each of the parties are summoned or notified of the duties incumbent upon them by the president or by the pre-trial judge, depending on the way in which…

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French Code of civil procedureIn force
Chapter III: The Registry

Article 773

The court clerk shall immediately notify the lawyers whose constitution is known to him of the registration number in the general register, the day and time set by the president of the court for the a…

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French Code of civil procedureIn force
Chapter III: The Registry

Article 772

In the case provided for in Article 840, the copies of the application and of the exhibits delivered to the President shall, together with a copy of his order, be placed by the Registrar in the file,…

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French Code of civil procedureIn force
Section 1: Orientation of the case

Article 779

…le 778 may be applied. The President refers to the Pre-Trial Judge cases that are not ready for trial. He sets the date for the pre-trial hearing. The clerk's office notifies the lawyers.

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French Code of civil procedureIn force
Section 1: Orientation of the case

Article 776

Subject to the provisions of Article 1108, on the day of the orientation hearing, the case shall be called before the president of the chamber seised or to which the case has been distributed.The latt…

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