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French Code of civil procedureIn force
Sub-section I: Adversarial proceedings.

Article 467

The judgment shall be adversarial if the parties appear in person or by proxy, in accordance with the procedures specific to the court before which the claim is brought.

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Paragraph 1: General provisions

Article 466

…end of the proceedings, that the act only constitutes a contravention, it shall impose the penalty and rule, if appropriate, on the civil action.

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Paragraph 1: General provisions

Article 470

If the court considers that the act prosecuted does not constitute an offence under criminal law, or that the act is not established, or that it is not attributable to the accused, it shall dismiss th…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Chapter I: General provisions.

Article 40

Civil status records are drawn up on paper and are entered, in each municipality, in one or more registers kept in duplicate. When they have implemented automated processing of civil status data, the…

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French Code of civil procedureIn force
Chapter II: The Public Prosecutor's Office as an added party.

Article 424

The Public Prosecutor's Office is joined as a party when it intervenes to make known its opinion on the application of the law in a case of which it has been notified.When the Public Prosecutor's Offi…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Paragraph 1: Categories of revenue

Article L2573-44

I. - Articles L. 2331-5to L. 2331-8, the first paragraph of article L. 2331-9 and article L. 2331-10 are applicable to the communes of French Polynesia subject to the adaptations provided for in II to…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Paragraph 1: Categories of revenue

Article L2573-43

…plicable to the communes of French Polynesia subject to the adaptations provided for in II, III, IV and V.II. - For its application to the communes of French Polynesia, Article L. 2331-1 reads as foll…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Paragraph 1: General provisions

Article 468

…accused benefits from a legal cause for exemption from punishment, the court shall find him guilty and exempt him from punishment. It shall rule, where appropriate, on the civil action, as set out in…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Subsection 4: Regulatory and monitoring role in the field of technical protection measures and the identification of protected works and objects

Article R331-48

A cross-appeal may be lodged even if its author is precluded from lodging a main appeal. However, in the latter case, the cross-appeal will not be admissible if it is lodged more than one month after…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Subsection 4: Regulatory and monitoring role in the field of technical protection measures and the identification of protected works and objects

Article R331-49

Where the appeal is likely to affect the rights or obligations of other persons who were parties to the proceedings before the Autorité de régulation de la communication audiovisuelle et numérique, su…

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