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French Civil CodeIn force
Chapter I: Management procedures

Article 498

…al accruing to the protected person is paid directly into an account opened in his or her sole name and mentioning the guardianship measure, with an establishment authorised to receive funds from the…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Chapter I: Management procedures

Article 499

…s of the family council or the judge may only be exercised by the creditors of the protected person and in the event of fraud against their rights.

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French Civil CodeIn force
Chapter I: Management procedures

Article 497

Where a subrogated guardian has been appointed, the subrogated guardian certifies to the judge that the operations that the guardian is obliged to carry out are being carried out properly. This applie…

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French Customs CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: Confiscation.

Article 434

1. In the case of the offences referred to in articles 424-2°and 427-1°, confiscation may only be ordered in respect of the objects of fraud. However, the goods concealing the fraud and the means of t…

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French Customs CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: Confiscation.

Article 435

…n lieu of confiscation, order the payment of a sum equal to the value represented by the said items and calculated on the basis of the domestic market price at the time when the fraud was committed.

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French Customs CodeIn force
Paragraph 3: Penalties involving deprivation of rights.

Article 433

…rt of law to have abused a suspensive procedure may, by decision of the Director General of Customs and Excise, be excluded from the temporary admission procedure and be deprived of the option of tran…

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French Customs CodeIn force
Paragraph 3: Penalties involving deprivation of rights.

Article 432

…ng offence or an offence of importing or exporting without declaration shall be disqualified from standing for election to the stock exchange, exercising the functions of stockbroker or broker, and fr…

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French Customs CodeIn force
Paragraph 3: Concurrent offences.

Article 439

1. Any act falling within the scope of the separate punitive provisions enacted by this Code must be considered in the highest criminal sense to which it is susceptible. 2. Where there is more than on…

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French Customs CodeIn force
Paragraph 3: Concurrent offences.

Article 440

…ies laid down in this Code, the offences of insult, assault, rebellion, corruption or prevarication and those of contraband with assembly and carrying weapons shall be prosecuted, tried and punished i…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Section 2: Provisions common to protected adults

Article 422

Where the fault causing the damage was committed in the organisation and operation of the protection measure by the guardianship judge, the director of the judicial registry services of the judicial c…

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