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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Title IV: Citations and meanings

Article 551

…e summons states the act being prosecuted and refers to the text of the law that punishes it.It indicates the court seised, the place, time and date of the hearing, and specifies the status of the per…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Title IV: Citations and meanings

Article 555

…d without delay, inform the legal person by simple letter of the service made, the name of the applicant and the identity of the person to whom the copy has been given.

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Title IV: Citations and meanings

Article 556

…be delivered to an allied relative, servant or a person residing at that home.The bailiff shall indicate in the summons the capacity declared by the person to whom this delivery is made.

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Title IV: Citations and meanings

Article 564

…of a civil fine of 3 to 15 euros; this fine is pronounced by the president of the court hearing the case.

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Chapter II: Forms of appeal

Article 586

…which he shall attach a copy of the contested decision, a copy of the notice of appeal and, if applicable, the appellant's brief. In all, he draws up an inventory.

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Title IV: Citations and meanings

Article 559

…ns of a report that a person whom he wishes to summon has no known domicile or residence or, in the case of a legal person, that its registered office is unknown, this report, which includes the parti…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Chapter IV: Final proceedings before the Police Court

Article 540

If the police court considers that the act constitutes a felony or misdemeanour, it declares itself incompetent. It shall refer the Public Prosecutor's Office to proceed as it sees fit.

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Title IV: Citations and meanings

Article 566

If a writ is declared null and void through the fault of the bailiff, the bailiff may be ordered to pay the costs of the writ and the annulled proceedings, and possibly damages to the party who has be…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Chapter II: Forms of appeal

Article 576

…e court which handed down the contested decision.It must be signed by the registrar and by the applicant for judicial review himself or by a lawyer before the court which gave the decision, or by a sp…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
Section IV: Obligations of taxpayers

Article 534

…eers, ministerial officers or any other bodies (auction rooms, municipal credit institutions, etc.) carrying out, even occasionally, sales or auctions of worked or unworked gold, silver or platinum ma…

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