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French Civil CodeIn force
Section 3 : Transcription of a marriage celebrated abroad by a foreign authority

Article 171-7

…ority. However, if this authority has information establishing that the validity of the marriage is not in question with regard to articles 146 and 180, it may, by reasoned decision, have the transcri…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Subsection 1: Transport, searches and seizures

Article 99

…ave returned to the victim of the offence items placed in the hands of the court whose ownership is not disputed. Restitution may be refused if it would impede the ascertainment of the truth or the sa…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter I: Rules governing the practice of the profession

Article L4221-18

…spend the right to practise for a maximum period of five months. The Director General will hear the professional concerned within three days of the suspension decision.The Director General of the Regi…

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French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Chapter III: COMMON PROVISIONS

Article L513-4

The fear of persecution taken into account in the recognition of refugee status and the real risk of suffering serious harm that may give rise to the benefit of subsidiary protection may be assessed o…

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French Code of civil enforcement proceduresIn force
Section 2: Special provisions for attachment of the remuneration of public officials

Article L212-2

…or similar of the army, navy and air force and space forces in active service, regardless of their status, as well as to the pay of general officers in the reserve. For these soldiers, the pay access…

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French Code of civil enforcement proceduresIn force
Chapter II: Amicable distribution

Article R332-4

The draft distribution is drawn up and notified to the creditors mentioned in articles R. 332-2 and R. 331-4, to the debtor and, by registered letter with acknowledgement of receipt, to the managing a…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Section 5: Partners' commitments to third parties.

Article 1860

…cle 1843-4, the company rights of the interested party shall be reimbursed, who shall then lose his status as a partner.

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French General Tax CodeIn force
d: Special schemes for agriculture

Article 707 bis

…nstituted by articles L. 412-1 to L. 412-13 of the Rural and Maritime Fishing Code, relating to the status of tenant farming and sharecropping, or by article L. 462-21 of the same code, relating to fa…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter III: Limited liability companies.

Article R223-31

…e or more of the members referred to in the previous paragraph, either because they have lost their status as a member or because they have voluntarily withdrawn, has no effect on the continuation of…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Chapter III: Trial courts

Article R272

…g to New Caledonia and Article 94 of Organic Law No. 2004-192 of 27 February 2004 on the autonomous status of French Polynesia. "

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