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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Paragraph 1: General provisions

Article 388-1

A person who may be held civilly liable for an offence of manslaughter or unintentional bodily harm resulting in any damage to another person that may be covered by an insurer must specify the name an…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Paragraph 1: General provisions

Article 398-1

…1-4, 313-5, 314-5 and 314-6;- concealment provided for in article 321-1 ;- destruction, damage and deterioration not presenting a danger to persons and unlawful installation on communal land provided…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Paragraph 1: General provisions

Article 464-1

With regard to the detained accused, the court may, in any event, by special reasoned decision, where the elements of the case justify the extension of a particular security measure, maintain the dete…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Paragraph 1: General provisions

Article 385-1

…m the case must, on pain of foreclosure, be presented by the insurer before any defence on the merits. It is admissible only if it is of such a nature as to completely exonerate the insurer from its o…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Paragraph 1: General provisions

Article 475-1

…offender or the person civilly liable pursuant to Article 470-1 to pay the civil party the sum it determines, in respect of costs not paid by the State and incurred by the civil party. The parties ma…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Paragraph 1: General provisions

Article 474-1

…the victim so requests, be recovered by the Fonds de garantie des victimes des actes de terrorisme et d'autres infractions (Guarantee Fund for Victims of Acts of Terrorism and Other Offences) and tha…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Paragraph 1: General provisions

Article 470-1

…urth paragraphs of article 121-3 of the Criminal Code, and which acquits the defendant, remains competent, at the request of the civil party or his insurer made before the close of the proceedings, to…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Paragraph 1: General provisions

Article 485-1

In the event of a conviction, without prejudice to the provisions providing for special reasons to be given for certain sentences, in particular unmodified sentences of unsuspended imprisonment, the r…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Paragraph 1: General provisions

Article 484-1

…o authorise the handover to the Agency for the Management and Recovery of Seized and Confiscated Assets, with a view to its disposal, of the confiscated movable property whose seizure it orders, where…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
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Article 480-1

…rsons convicted of the same offence shall be jointly and severally liable for restitution and damages. In addition, the court may, by special reasoned decision, order that an accused person who has su…

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