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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Title II: Forgery

Article 645

Any public custodian of documents alleged to be forged, or having been used to establish forgeries, is required, by order of the examining magistrate, to hand them over to him and to provide, where ap…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Title II: Forgery

Article 647-2

The order granting permission to register a forgery shall be served on the defendant within the period of fifteen days, with a summons to declare whether he intends to make use of the document alleged…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Title II: Forgery

Article 647-3

The defendant must reply, within fifteen days, whether or not he intends to make use of the document alleged to be false.This declaration shall be served on the plaintiff.

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Title II: Forgery

Article 644

The examining magistrate may have any comparison documents handed over to him by whomever he sees fit and seize them. These shall bear his signature and that of the clerk, who shall make a descriptive…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Title II: Forgery

Article 647

An application to register a forgery against a document produced before the Court of Cassation shall be addressed to the First President. It is filed at the court registry. It is signed by the applica…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Title II: Forgery

Article 647-1

The First President shall rule within one month of the lodging of the application at the registry, after obtaining the opinion of the Public Prosecutor.He shall issue an order rejecting the applicatio…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Chapter II: Responsibilities.

Article L2332-1

The Group Works Council receives information on the activity, financial situation, annual or multi-annual employment trends and forecasts, and any preventive measures envisaged in the light of these f…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Chapter II: Responsibilities.

Article L2332-2

In the event of a takeover bid being announced for the dominant undertaking in a group, the employer of that undertaking shall immediately inform the group works council. The provisions set out in art…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter II: Chiropodists.

Article L4322-1

Chiropodists, on the basis of a diagnosis of chiropody which they have established beforehand, are the only ones qualified to treat directly epidermal disorders, limited to the horny layers and nail d…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter II: Chiropodists.

Article L4322-11-6

Councils are elected by a majority of the members present or having voted by post or electronically.A decree of the Council of State shall determine the composition of the various councils and discipl…

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