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French Code of civil procedureIn force
Paragraph 5: Provisions specific to divorce on grounds of permanent impairment of the marriage bond

Article 1126

Subject to the provisions of Article 472, the court may not raise of its own motion the plea that the one-year period provided for in the first paragraph of article 238 of the Civil Code.

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 11: Termination of service.

Article R6152-96

Hospital practitioners governed by this section may use the title of former hospital doctor, surgeon, psychiatrist, specialist, biologist, odontologist or pharmacist, if they have effectively performe…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 11: Termination of service.

Article R6152-97

Hospital practitioners may submit their resignation to the director general of the Centre national de gestion, giving three months' notice. Within thirty days of receiving the practitioner's request,…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 11: Termination of service.

Article R6152-98

A hospital practitioner who ceases to fulfil the conditions set out in 1° of article R. 6152-302 or who is convicted of a crime resulting in the loss of civic rights or is struck off the roll of the O…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
CHAPTER I: Budgets and accounts

Article L71-111-11

When the investment section of the budget shows a surplus after taking over the results, the Assembly of French Guyana may transfer this surplus to the operating section in the cases and under the con…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 11: Member of the board or administrator of a social security fund.

Article L2412-11

When an employee who is a member of the board or administrator of a social security fund has a fixed-term employment contract, he or she benefits from the guarantees and protection provided for inArti…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 9: Sentence adjustment procedure applicable to released prisoners

Article D147-11

Failure to comply with the one-month and forty-five-day time limits provided for in Article 723-15 does not constitute grounds for invalidating summonses for the sentenced person to appear before the…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 9: Interventional activity under medical imaging in neuroradiology

Article R6123-110

I.- Authorisation to carry out interventional neuroradiology imaging may only be granted, maintained or renewed if the holder of the authorisation complies with a minimum annual activity set by order…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 5: Leave

Article R6152-914

I. - Associate practitioners are entitled :1° to annual leave of twenty-five working days; where the duties are not performed on a full-time basis, this number of days is reduced in proportion to the…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 5: Leave

Article R6152-922

The associate practitioner is entitled to maternity leave, birth leave, paternity leave and childcare leave, for the arrival of a child placed for adoption or adoption, in accordance with the terms an…

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