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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 1: General provisions

Article 194-1

…igating Chamber on remand after cassation, it shall rule within the time limits set out in articles 148-2, 186-2, 186-4 and 194. These time limits run from receipt by the public prosecutor at the cour…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 1: General provisions

Article 197-1

…is lawyer shall be notified of the date of the hearing in accordance with the provisions of article 197.

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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Subsection 1: General provisions

Article 123-1

For the allocation of automatic financial aid in the form of investment allowances, an account known as an "automatic account" is opened in the name of each beneficiary in the accounts of the Centre n…

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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Subsection 1: General provisions

Article 123-10

…Article…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Section 1: General provisions.

Article 1075-1

Any person may also distribute and divide his property and rights between descendants of different degrees, whether or not they are his presumptive heirs.

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French Civil CodeIn force
Subsection 1: General provisions

Article 1342-1

Payment may be made even by a person who is not obliged to do so, unless the creditor legitimately refuses.

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French Civil CodeIn force
Subsection 1: General provisions

Article 1342-10

A debtor of several debts may indicate, when paying, which debt he intends to discharge.Failing indication by the debtor, the imputation takes place as follows: first on the debts due; among these, on…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Subsection 1: General rules

Article 1347-1

Subject to the provisions of the following sub-section, set-off occurs only between two obligations which are fungible, certain, liquid and due.Obligations for sums of money, even in different currenc…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Section 1: General provisions.

Article 1845-1

The capital is divided into equal shares. The provisions of chapitre Ier du titre III du livre II du code de commerce relatives au capital variable des sociétés sont applicables aux sociétés civiles.

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French Code of civil procedureIn force
Paragraph 1: The application

Article 1218-1

The application for the protection of a person of full age provided for in article 1218 also mentions the persons belonging to the entourage of the adult to be protected listed in the first paragraph…

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