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Showing 110 of 1854 articles for Art. 29

French General Tax CodeIn force
4: Determining taxable income

Article 29

Subject to the provisions of

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French Code of civil procedureIn force
Chapter II: Rules specific to non-contentious matters.

Article 29

A third party may be authorised by the judge to consult the case file and have a copy issued to him, if he can justify a legitimate interest.

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French Civil CodeIn force
Section 1: Jurisdiction of the courts and proceedings before them

Article 29

The ordinary civil courts have exclusive jurisdiction to hear disputes concerning the French or foreign nationality of natural persons. Questions of nationality are preliminary before any other admini…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Paragraph 3: Sworn private security guards

Article 29

Sworn private security guards report all offences and contraventions affecting the properties in their care by means of official reports.Official reports are delivered or sent by registered post direc…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Subtitle I: Public and civil proceedings

Article 2-9

Any association that has been duly registered for at least five years and whose articles of association propose to assist victims of offences may exercise the rights granted to civil parties in respec…

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French Code of civil procedureIn force
Subsection III: Register matters.

Article ANNEXE, art. 29

Where an entry has been registered even though it was inadmissible because an essential condition was missing, the court in charge of the register may strike it off ex officio. It must inform the inte…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Paragraph 1: Remedies sought before the First President of the Court of Appeal

Article R29

The applicant may have copies of the documents from the criminal proceedings delivered to him free of charge. Only his lawyer may take a copy of the file from the registry of the court of appeal.

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Paragraph 6: Appointment of the examining magistrate.

Article D29

The President may designate one of the Vice-Presidents or judges of the court to replace him in the exercise of the functions provided for in Article D. 28, one of the vice-presidents or judges of the…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Paragraph 2: Drawing up the list

Article R2-9

The First President notifies those selected of their inclusion on the annual list of citizen assessors by 15 November at the latest.

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French Civil CodeIn force
Section 1: Jurisdiction of the courts and proceedings before them

Article 29-4

…aised the nationality objection before a court which has stayed the proceedings pursuant to Article 29. The third party making the request must be implicated.

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