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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Chapter I: Provisions applicable to natural persons

Article 790

…prosecutor of the place of conviction.This application shall specify:1° The date of the conviction;2° The places where the convicted person has resided since his release..

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French Civil CodeIn force
Chapter IV: Death certificates.

Article 79

The death certificate will state:1° The day, time and place of death;2° The first names, surname, date and place of birth, occupation and domicile of the deceased;3° The first names, surnames, occupat…

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French Customs CodeIn force
Section 1: Transport by sea.

Article 73

1. Vessels may only be unloaded in ports where customs offices are established. 2. No goods may be unloaded or transhipped without the written authorisation of the customs officers and in their presen…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Chapter I: Provisions applicable to natural persons

Article 798

In this case, bulletins no. 2 and no. 3 of the criminal record must not mention the conviction. The judgment granting rehabilitation may, however, order that the conviction be removed from the crimina…

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French Code of civil procedureIn force
Section I: Institution of proceedings by writ of summons

Article 752

Where representation by a lawyer is mandatory, in addition to the information prescribed in articles 54 and 56, the summons shall contain on pain of nullity: 1° The constitution of the plaintiff's law…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 4: Reduction of sentences

Article 721

…convicts serving one or more custodial sentences who have given sufficient evidence of good conduct and who have shown serious efforts to reintegrate. This reduction may not exceed six months per year…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: Orders of heirs.

Article 734

…nce of a spouse entitled to inherit, the parents are called upon to succeed as follows: 1° Children and their descendants; 2° Father and mother; brothers and sisters and the descendants of the latter;…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Section 1: Qualifications for succession.

Article 726

The following are unworthy of succession and, as such, excluded from the estate: 1° Anyone who is sentenced, as perpetrator or accomplice, to a criminal penalty for having wilfully caused or attempted…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 2: Organisation and operation of the Disciplinary Boards of First Instance and the National Disciplinary Board

Article R4234-7

…either as a full member or as an alternate. The orders of the ministers responsible for the budget and health setting the allowances payable to the chairmen or deputy chairmen of the disciplinary boa…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
1: Presumptions of ownership

Article 753

All securities, sums or values existing with the depositaries designated in Article 806 I, and which are the subject of joint or several accounts with joint and several liability shall be considered,…

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