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French General Tax CodeIn force
2°: Debts of the deceased

Article 773

However, the following are not deductible:1° Debts which fell due more than three months before the opening of the succession, unless a certificate is produced by the creditor certifying their existen…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Title VIII: Criminal records

Article 775

Bulletin no. 2 is the record of the criminal records applicable to the same person, excluding those concerning the following decisions: 1° Convictions, convictions with an exemption from sentence or a…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Title VIII: Criminal records

Article 778

When, in the course of any proceedings, the public prosecutor or investigating judge finds that an individual has been convicted under a false identity or has usurped a civil status, the necessary rec…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Title VIII: Criminal records

Article 774

The full list of criminal record entries applicable to the same person is recorded on a bulletin known as bulletin no. 1.Bulletin no. 1 is only issued to the judicial authorities.Where there is no cri…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Title VIII: Criminal records

Article 773

The automated national criminal record communicates to the National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies the identity of persons who have been the subject of a decision resulting in the depriv…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Title VIII: Criminal records

Article 777

Bulletin no. 3 is the record of the following convictions handed down by a national court for a felony or misdemeanour, where they are not excluded from Bulletin no. 2:1° Sentences involving deprivati…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Title VIII: Criminal records

Article 770

The removal from the criminal record of a decision concerning a minor may be decided under the conditions set out in Article L. 631-4 of the juvenile criminal justice code. The removal from the crimin…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Title VIII: Criminal records

Article 779

A decree in the Conseil d'Etat shall determine the measures necessary for the implementation of articles 768 to 778, and in particular the conditions under which bulletins no. 1, 2 and 3 of the crimin…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Title VIII: Criminal records

Article 772

The military authorities shall be notified, by sending a copy of the criminal record, of any convictions or decisions likely to alter the conditions of enlistment of individuals subject to compulsory…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Title VIII: Criminal records

Article 771

The automated national criminal record also receives the convictions, decisions, judgments or orders referred to in Article 768 of this code, concerning persons born abroad and persons whose birth cer…

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