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Showing 4150 of 54759 articles for Art. Law of 31 July 2014

French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 1: General provisions

Article 316

All contentious incidents are settled by the court, the public prosecutor, the parties or their lawyers heard. These rulings cannot prejudge the merits. When the assize court examines the case on appe…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 1: General provisions

Article 311

The assessors and jurors may put questions to the defendants and witnesses by asking the president to speak.They have a duty not to express their opinion.

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 2: Appearance of the accused

Article 317

At the hearing, the presence of a defence counsel with the accused is mandatory. If the defence counsel chosen or appointed in accordance with Article 274 fails to appear, the president shall appoint…

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French Code of civil enforcement proceduresIn force
Paragraph 1: Advertising under ordinary law

Article R322-31

The compulsory sale is announced at the initiative of the pursuing creditor between one and two months before the auction hearing. To this end, the pursuing creditor drafts a notice, deposits it at th…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Section 3: Establishment of filiation by possession of status

Article 317

Each of the parents or the child may apply to a notary for the issue of an acte de notoriété, which will be evidence of possession of status until proven otherwise.The acte de notoriété is established…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: Designation of the mother in the birth certificate

Article 311-25

Parentage is established, in respect of the mother, by her designation in the child's birth certificate.

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French General Tax CodeIn force
4°: Obligations of holders

Article 310

…ons concerning stills apply to any other apparatus that may be used for the manufacture or pressing of eaux-de-vie or spirits.

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Section 2: International applications

Article R614-31

…national application and the other documents referred to in article R. 614-23 are filed in a number of copies lower than that set by the said article, a fee is charged for the preparation of the requi…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
4: Determining taxable income

Article 31

…ir and maintenance expenses actually borne by the owner;a bis) Insurance premiums;a ter) The amount of expenses borne on behalf of the tenant by the owner for which the latter has been unable to obtai…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Section 3: Certificates of French nationality

Article 31

The director of the judicial registry services of the judicial court has sole authority to issue a certificate of French nationality to any person proving that they have that nationality.

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