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Showing 71–80 of 29517 articles for “Art. 16 mai 1962”
Any difficulties encountered in the execution of an investigative measure shall be settled, at the request of the parties, on the initiative of the technician appointed, or ex officio, either by the j…
The law ensures the primacy of the individual, prohibits any attack on his or her dignity and guarantees respect for the human being from the beginning of his or her life.
…d, in the event of exemption from publication, on the date of the exemption provided for in Article 169 ci-après.
In the direct line, marriage is prohibited between all ascendants and descendants and relatives in the same line.
Marriage is prohibited between the uncle and the niece or nephew, and between the aunt and the nephew or niece.
The publication ordered in article 63 will be made at the town hall of the place of marriage and at the town hall of the place where each of the future spouses has his or her domicile or, in the absen…
In collateral lines, marriage is prohibited, between brother and sister, between brothers and between sisters.
Before sending the seals to the experts, the examining magistrate or the magistrate appointed by the court shall, if necessary, make an inventory of them in accordance with the conditions laid down in…
The bonus allocated at the time of the liquidation of a company to the holders of company rights in addition to their contribution is included, where applicable, in the income tax bases only up to the…
When a taxpayer previously domiciled abroad transfers his domicile to France, the income whose taxation is entailed by the establishment of domicile in France is only counted from the day of that esta…
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