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Showing 511–520 of 17962 articles for “Art. 5 avr. 2011”
Birth declarations are made within five days of the birth, to the local civil registrar. By way of derogation, this time limit is extended to eight days where this is justified by the distance between…
In all cases where a court of law deals with acts relating to civil status, the interested parties may appeal against the judgment.
Any custodian of the registers shall be civilly liable for any alterations thereto, subject to his recourse, if any, against the authors of the said alterations.
Any contravention of the foregoing articles, on the part of the officials named therein, will be prosecuted before the judicial court, and punishable by a fine of 3 to 30 euros.
The birth record will state the day, time and place of birth, the child's sex, the forenames to be given to him or her, the family name, followed, where applicable, by a mention of the parents' joint…
…onal birth record are issued under the conditions and according to the distinctions made in article 57 of this code. If the child's birth certificate is found or if the child's birth is judicially dec…
Any alteration, any forgery in civil status records, any registration of these records made on a loose leaf and otherwise than on the registers for this purpose, will give rise to damages from the par…
The public prosecutor with territorial jurisdiction may at any time verify the state of the registers; he or she will draw up a summary report of the verification, denounce any contraventions or offen…
The birth of the child will be declared by the father, or, in the absence of the father, by the doctors of medicine or surgery, midwives, health officers or other persons who attended the delivery; an…
In the event of a birth during a sea voyage, a record will be drawn up within three days of the birth on the declaration of the father, if he is on board. If the birth takes place during a stopover in…
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