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French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter III: Limited liability companies.

Article L223-23

The liability actions provided for in articles L. 223-19 and L. 223-22 shall be barred after three years from the date of the harmful event or, if it was concealed, from the date of its disclosure. Ho…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Chapter I: Qualities and conditions required to enter into marriage

Article 155

…legalised and which is addressed to the civil registrar who is to celebrate the marriage, or by an act drawn up in the form provided for in Article 73, paragraph 2. The deeds listed in this article a…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 1: General provisions

Article 83

…here are several investigating judges in a court, the president of the court or, if he is unable to act, the magistrate who replaces him, shall designate, for each information, the judge who will be r…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 7: Simplified procedure

Article 495-2

…ate and place of birth and domicile of the accused, the legal classification, date and place of the act imputed, a reference to the applicable texts and, in the event of conviction, the penalty or pen…

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French Sports CodeIn force
Chapter I: Sports associations

Article R121-1

…affiliation to a sports federation approved by the State, the approval provided for in article L. 121-4 is issued by the prefect of the département in which the sports association has its registered…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter I: Protection measures

Article L1151-4

Acts, procedures, techniques, methods and equipment having the effect of modifying cerebral activity and presenting a serious danger or a suspected serious danger to human health may be banned by decr…

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French Code of civil procedureIn force
Section II: Letters rogatory from foreign States

Article 745

…o, at the request of the public prosecutor, rescind the measures he has already taken and annul the acts recording the execution of the letter rogatory.

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French Civil CodeIn force
Paragraph 3: Termination of the posthumous mandate.

Article 812-7

…n account of his management to the interested heirs or their representatives and inform them of all acts performed. Failing this, judicial revocation may be requested by any interested party. If the m…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Section 8 : Revocation and lapse of wills.

Article 1042

…g the testator's life. The same shall apply if it has perished since his death, through no fault or act of the heir, although the heir was put in delay in delivering it, when it should also have peris…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: Capacity

Article 1149

Routine acts performed by a minor may be annulled on the grounds of simple injury. However, nullity is not incurred where the lesion results from an unforeseeable event. A simple declaration of majori…

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