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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Subsection 1: Judicial supervision

Article R24-14

The decision to place an adult under judicial supervision, on the basis of article 138-3, against a person of full age, a restraining order against the victim and the wearing of an anti-seizure bracel…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
I: Assessment of built properties

Article 1498

I. - The rental value of each built property or fraction of a built property, other than premises mentioned in I of article 1496, industrial establishments mentioned in article 1499 and premises whose…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 3: Portage salarial

Article L1255-14

The following is punishable by a fine of €3,750 if a freelance administration contractor: 1° Concludes a freelance administration employment contract for a service activity, in disregard of Article L.…

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French Sports CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Organisation and operation

Article D112-14

The Board of Directors deliberates on : 1° The general policy of the establishment and the general guidelines and measures relating to the organisation and operation of the establishment; 2° the strat…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
I: Assessment of built properties

Article 1496 bis

…cluded in the area of competence of a community development syndicate created in application of loi n° 70-610 du 10 juillet 1970, may decide, by a deliberation taken before 1 July 1986, that all resid…

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French Code of civil procedureIn force
Chapter II: Inheritance and gifts

Article 1380

Claims under articles 772, 794, 810-5, 812-3, 813-1, 813-7, 813-9 and the second paragraph of article 814, articles 815-6, 815-7, 815-9 and 815-11 of the Civil Code shall be brought before the preside…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter I: Bills of exchange

Article L511-77

If the text of a bill of exchange is altered, signatories subsequent to the alteration are bound by the terms of the altered text; earlier signatories are bound by the terms of the original text.

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 7: Judicial supervision, house arrest and pre-trial detention

Article 137-2

Judicial supervision is ordered by the investigating judge, who rules after hearing the public prosecutor's submissions. Judicial supervision may also be ordered by the liberty and custody judge, when…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 7: Judicial supervision, house arrest and pre-trial detention

Article 137-3

The liberty and custody judge rules by means of a reasoned order. When he orders or extends pre-trial detention or rejects an application for release, the order must include a statement of the legal a…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 7: Judicial supervision, house arrest and pre-trial detention

Article 137-4

When the examining magistrate receives a request from the public prosecutor to remand the person in custody, and considers that this detention is not justified, and decides not to transfer the case fi…

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