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French Public Health CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Provisions specific to the procedure for release from psychiatric care without consent

Article R3211-28

…f the institution, who will draw up a report containing the information provided for in article R. 3211-10, dated and signed by himself and the person concerned. If the person concerned is unable to s…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Provisions specific to the procedure for release from psychiatric care without consent

Article R3211-27

…n initiative or at the request of the judge, shall provide the documents referred to in article R. 3211-12 by any means within five days of registration of the application.

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Provisions specific to the procedure for release from psychiatric care without consent

Article R3211-29

When the liberty and custody judge decides to refer the matter to himself pursuant to the last paragraph of I of article L. 3211-12, he shall give the person undergoing psychiatric care, his lawyer as…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Internal regulations

Article R1423-28

…e industrial tribunal. They may be amended by the general meeting convened pursuant to article R. 1423-23 and, where applicable, by the restricted panel or the persons mentioned in article R. 1423-27.…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Internal regulations

Article R1423-29

Where the provisions of the rules of procedure relating to the calendar and timetable have not been duly approved by the first president of the court of appeal and the public prosecutor at the court o…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Internal regulations

Article R1423-27

…has not drawn up the rules of procedure within the three-month period provided for in Article R. 1423-25, the rules of procedure shall be prepared by a select committee set up by the Chairman of the…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Internal regulations

Article R1423-25

…ee months of its establishment, a set of rules of procedure which sets out, in particular, the days and times of hearings. The calendars and times of these hearings are determined by analogy with thos…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Internal regulations

Article R1423-26

…re are enforceable only after they have been approved by the first president of the court of appeal and the public prosecutor at the court of appeal. If they have not given their opinion within three…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 2: Modifications

Article L2112-2

Changes to the territorial boundaries of communes and the transfer of their chief towns are decided after a public enquiry, carried out in accordance with the code of relations between the public and…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 1: Cemeteries

Article R2223-22

The articles L. 2223-4, R. 2223-12 to R. 2223-21 do not derogate from the provisions governing military burials. When a person whose death certificate bears the entry "Died for France" duly recorded h…

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