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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Title XVII: Prosecution, investigation and judgment of offences relating to trafficking in human beings, procuring or the use of prostitution of minors

Article 706-38

When the holder of the public house or restaurant licence or the owner of the business in which one of the establishments referred to in 2° of article 225-10 of the Penal Code is not prosecuted, the a…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Title XVII: Prosecution, investigation and judgment of offences relating to trafficking in human beings, procuring or the use of prostitution of minors

Article 706-40

In the event of an offence under 3° of article 225-10 of the Penal Code, the occupier and the person engaging in prostitution are jointly and severally liable for any damages that may be awarded for n…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Title XVII: Prosecution, investigation and judgment of offences relating to trafficking in human beings, procuring or the use of prostitution of minors

Article 706-39

The decision which, pursuant to Article 225-22 of the Penal Code, pronounces the confiscation of the goodwill orders the expulsion of any person who, directly or through an intermediary, holds, manage…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter I: Saint Pierre and Miquelon

Article L1441-5

The following do not apply in Saint-Pierre-et-Miquelon:1° The first paragraph, the first, third and fourth sentences of the second paragraph of I and the last seven paragraphs of III ofArticle L. 1434…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
I: Taxable persons

Article 5

Sont affranchis de l'impôt sur le revenu : 1° (Provision obsolete) ; 2° (Abrogated) ; 2° bis (Abrogated) ; 3° Ambassadors and diplomatic agents, consuls and consular agents of foreign nationality, but…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Chapter III: The Examining Magistrate

Article 50

The investigating judge, chosen from among the judges of the court, is appointed in the forms provided for the appointment of judges. If necessary, another judge may be temporarily entrusted, in the s…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Chapter III: The Examining Magistrate

Article 52

The investigating judge of the place where the offence was committed, the investigating judge of the place of residence of one of the persons suspected of having taken part in the offence, the investi…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Chapter III: The Examining Magistrate

Article 51

The investigating judge may only inform the public after being seized by an indictment from the public prosecutor or by a complaint with civil party status, under the conditions set out in the article…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
1°: Definition

Article 502

Any person engaged in the retail sale of beverages not originating from their own harvest carries out their activity as a drinks retailer and is subject to the legislation on indirect taxation.They mu…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 5: Undercover procedures, sound recordings and images of certain places or vehicles

Article D15-1-5

The departments, units and bodies, referred to in Article 706-95-17, that may carry out operations to install the technical devices referred to in l'article 706-96 sont :the national directorate of th…

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