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Showing 61–70 of 4474 articles for “Art. n° 17-31.538”
The judicial court will rule within ten days on the application for release made by the future spouses, even if they are minors.
The tutor or curator may object, under the conditions set out in article 173, to the marriage of the person he assists or represents.
If the opposition is rejected, the objectors, other than ascendants nevertheless, may be ordered to pay damages. Default judgments and rulings rejecting oppositions to marriage are not subject to oppo…
Any notice of opposition shall state the capacity which gives the opponent the right to lodge it. It also contains the grounds for the opposition, reproduces the text of the law on which the oppositio…
If there is an appeal, it will be decided within ten days and, if the judgment appealed from has dismissed the opposition, the court will have to decide even of its own motion.
The judicial police officers exercise the powers defined in article 14; they receive complaints and denunciations; they carry out preliminary investigations under the conditions provided for by articl…
The examining magistrate examines whether there are any charges against the person under investigation that constitute an offence, the legal classification of which he or she determines.
There is nullity where failure to observe a substantial formality provided for by a provision of this Code or any other provision of criminal procedure has adversely affected the interests of the part…
When a case is referred to the Investigating Chamber on the basis of Article 173 or Article 221-3, all pleas alleging the invalidity of the proceedings referred to it must, without prejudice to its ri…
If the investigating judge considers that the facts do not constitute a felony, misdemeanour or contravention, or if the perpetrator has remained unknown, or if there are insufficient charges against…
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