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French Code of civil procedureIn force
Section I: General provisions

Article 1070

The family affairs judge with territorial jurisdiction is:- the judge of the place where the family residence is located;- if the parents live separately, the judge of the place of residence of the pa…

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French Code of civil procedureIn force
Section I: Presumption of absence

Article 1064

An extract of any decision establishing a presumption of absence or appointing a person to represent a person presumed to be absent and to administer his or her property, as well as any decision modif…

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French Code of civil procedureIn force
Section I: Presumption of absence

Article 1065

Where the decision has been handed down by the guardianship judge, the transmission is made by the clerk of the judicial court within fifteen days of the expiry of the time limits for appeal.Where the…

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French Code of civil procedureIn force
Section I: Presumption of absence

Article 1062

Applications relating to the presumption of absence shall be submitted to the guardianship judge exercising his functions at the judicial court within whose jurisdiction the person whose presumption o…

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French Code of civil procedureIn force
Section I: Presumption of absence

Article 1063

The application shall be made, investigated and judged in accordance with the rules applicable to guardianship of adults.

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French Code of civil procedureIn force
Section II: Declaration of absence

Article 1068

The time limit within which extracts from the judgment declaring absence must be published may not exceed six months from the pronouncement of that judgment; it shall be mentioned in the extracts subm…

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French Code of civil procedureIn force
Section I: General provisions

Article 1073

…ed for by law or regulation, he shall rule in accordance with the accelerated procedure on the merits.

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French General Tax CodeIn force
1°: Repair, reconstruction and rebuilding of property and businesses damaged as a result of hostilities

Article 1058

Deeds, documents and writings relating to the implementation of the land consolidation provided for by the law of 14 April 1947 are, provided they expressly refer to it, exempt from registration dutie…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
1°: Repair, reconstruction and rebuilding of property and businesses damaged as a result of hostilities

Article 1057

…nstruction of permanent residential buildings, as well as contributions by disaster-stricken owners to the property companies referred to in Article 9 of the said Order. However, with regard to the re…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: Provisions common to the publication of a book in printed and digital form

Article L132-17-1-1

…governed by separate publishing contracts may not be offset against each other, unless an agreement to the contrary, separate from the publishing contracts, is concluded with the formally expressed ag…

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