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French Civil CodeIn force
Section 2: Formalities prior to marriage celebrated abroad by a foreign authority

Article 171-4

…where the celebration of the marriage is planned and the interested parties, by means of a reasoned decision, that he is opposed to the celebration.Removal of the opposition may be requested, at any t…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Chapter III: Objections to marriage

Article 175-2

…s of the matter being referred to him, either to allow the marriage to proceed, to oppose it, or to decide that its celebration will be postponed, pending the results of the investigation he is conduc…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Chapter III: Objections to marriage

Article 175-1

The Public Prosecutor's Office may lodge an opposition in cases where it could request the nullity of the marriage.

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French Civil CodeIn force
Section 2: Conflict of laws relating to parentage

Article 311-17

A voluntary acknowledgement of paternity or maternity is valid if it was made in accordance with either the personal law of its author or the personal law of the child.

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 11: Settlement orders

Article 179-1

…minal court shall inform him that he must notify the public prosecutor of any change in the address declared at the time of his committal for investigation, by registered letter with acknowledgement o…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 10: Invalidity of information

Article 170-1

…e provisions of Article 199, without the two members of the Chamber being present. If the necessary decision consists of the annulment of the acts or documents of the proceedings, it may, if the publi…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 11: Settlement orders

Article 175-1

…paragraph of of Article 81, to order that the case be referred or indicted to the trial court or to declare that there are no grounds to proceed, including, where appropriate, by proceeding with a sev…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 11: Settlement orders

Article 177-1

…motion or at the request of the public prosecutor, either the publication in full or in part of his decision to dismiss the case, or the insertion of a statement informing the public of the reasons fo…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 11: Settlement orders

Article 179-2

The investigating judge may specify in the committal order the date of the hearing before the police court or the criminal court when this date has been previously communicated to him by the public pr…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 10: Invalidity of information

Article 173-1

On pain of inadmissibility, the person under investigation must put forward pleas alleging the nullity of acts performed before his first appearance examination or of this examination itself within si…

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