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Showing 33213330 of 29733 articles for Art. CE 8-4-2022 n° 447694

French Civil CodeIn force
Section 4: Guardianship and trusteeship

Article 440

…to be assisted or controlled in a continuous manner in the important acts of civil life may be placed under curatorship. Curatorship is ordered only if it is established that legal protection cannot…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 8: Appearance on preliminary recognition of guilt

Article 495-9

When, in the presence of his lawyer, the person accepts the proposed sentence or sentences, he is immediately brought before the president of the judicial court or the judge delegated by him, to whom…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 8: Appearance on preliminary recognition of guilt

Article 495-15

An accused person who, for one of the offences mentioned in article 495-7, a direct summons or a summons to appear in court pursuant to articles 390 or 390-1, a summons by procès-verbal pursuant to ar…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 8: Appearance on preliminary recognition of guilt

Article 495-10

…the person before the liberty and custody judge so that the latter can order that the person be placed under judicial supervision, under house arrest with electronic monitoring or, exceptionally and…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 8: Appearance on preliminary recognition of guilt

Article 495-11

…sident of the judicial court or the judge delegated by him decides to homologate the proposed sentence or sentences is motivated by the findings, on the one hand, that the person, in the presence of h…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 8: Appearance on preliminary recognition of guilt

Article 495-14

On pain of nullity of the proceedings, a report shall be drawn up of the formalities completed pursuant to articles 495-8 to 495-13. Where the person has not accepted the proposed sentence or sentence…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 8: Appearance on preliminary recognition of guilt

Article 495-16

…isions of this section do not apply to minors under the age of eighteen or in respect of press offences, manslaughter or political offences.

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 8: Appearance on preliminary recognition of guilt

Article 495-7

For all offences, with the exception of those mentioned in article 495-16 and the offences of wilful and involuntary bodily harm and sexual assault provided for in articles 222-9 to 222-31-2 of the Pe…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 8: Appearance on preliminary recognition of guilt

Article 495-13

When the victim of the offence is identified, he or she is informed of this procedure without delay, by any means. He or she is invited to appear at the same time as the perpetrator, accompanied if ne…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 8: Appearance on preliminary recognition of guilt

Article 495-12

Where the person declares that he or she does not accept the proposed sentence or sentences, or where the president of the judicial court or his or her delegate issues an order refusing homologation,…

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