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

Article 2-10

Any association that has been duly registered for at least five years on the date of the events and that, by virtue of its articles of association, is dedicated to combating the social or cultural exc…

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

Article 2-13

Any association that has been duly registered for at least five years on the date of the events and whose statutory purpose is the defence and protection of animals may exercise the rights granted to…

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

Article 2-17

…e public interest, which has been duly registered for at least five years at the date of the events and which proposes by its articles of association to defend and assist the individual or to defend i…

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

Article 2-1

Any association that has been duly registered for at least five years on the date of the events, and that proposes by its articles of association to combat racism or to assist victims of discriminatio…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 6: Mandates and their execution

Article 135-2

…Detention may not last more than twenty-four hours. The person shall be brought as soon as possible and at the latest within twenty-four hours of his arrest before the public prosecutor of the judicia…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 1: Revision of the jury list

Article 289-1

…e town entered on the annual list. The names of alternate jurors, those entered on the special list and the names of jurors from the town where the assizes are to be held, who are entered on the annua…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: Formal notice to the debtor

Article 1344-2

Mandatory notice to deliver a thing places the risks on the debtor, if they are not already there.

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Subsection 2: Interception of correspondence sent by electronic communications

Article 100-2

…taken for a maximum period of four months. It may only be renewed under the same conditions of form and duration, without the total duration of the interception exceeding one year or, in the case of a…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Section 1: The date on which divorce takes effect

Article 262-1

…spouses, the judge may fix the effects of the judgment at the date on which they ceased to cohabit and collaborate. This application may only be made at the time of the divorce proceedings. Enjoyment…

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French Code of civil procedureIn force
Section 1: Procedure before the Court of Review

Article 1031-21

The time limits provided for in articles 1031-12, 1031-13 and 1031-16 are increased under the conditions provided for in article 1023.

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