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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 5: Presentation and payment

Article L131-35

The drawee must pay even after the expiry of the presentation period. He must also pay even if the cheque was issued in breach of the injunction provided for in Article L. 131-73 or the prohibition pr…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 7: Recourse in the event of non-payment

Article L131-51

All persons obligated under a cheque are jointly and severally liable to the bearer. The bearer has the right to take action against all these persons, individually or collectively, without being obli…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 10: Limitation period

Article L131-60

…he alleged debtors are obliged, if so requested, to affirm on oath that they are no longer indebted and their widows, heirs or successors, that they believe in good faith that they no longer owe anyth…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 12: Payment incidents and penalties

Article L131-69

Any drawer who issues a cheque without indicating the place of issue or without a date, or who covers a cheque with a false date, or who draws a cheque on a person other than a banker, is liable to a…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 3: Conditions for executing a payment transaction

Article L133-9

…he payer's payment service provider.If the payment service user who ordered the payment transaction and his payment service provider agree that the execution of the payment order will begin on a speci…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 3: Transmission

Article L131-27

An endorsement made after the protest or after the expiry of the time limit for presentation only produces the effects of an ordinary assignment. In the absence of proof to the contrary, an undated en…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 5: Presentation and payment

Article L131-31

Cheques are payable on demand. Any statement to the contrary is deemed to be unwritten. Cheques presented for payment before the day indicated as the date of issue are payable on the day of presentati…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 7: Recourse in the event of non-payment

Article L131-53

The person who has repaid the cheque may claim from his guarantors : 1. The full amount paid; 2. Interest on the said sum, from the day on which he disbursed it, calculated at the legal rate applicabl…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 10: Limitation period

Article L131-59

Actions for recourse by the bearer against the endorsers, the drawer and the other obligees shall be barred after six months from the expiry of the time limit for presentation. Actions for recourse by…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 12: Payment incidents and penalties

Article L131-71

…made available to the account holder free of charge. Cheque forms may be issued crossed in advance and made non-transferable by endorsement by an express statement by the banker, except in favour of…

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