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French Code of civil procedureIn force
Chapter IV: Common provisions.

Article 1022-1

In cases for which the parties are exempted from the assistance of a lawyer at the Conseil d'Etat and the Cour de cassation, decisions of cassation are notified by the registry of the Cour de cassatio…

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French Code of civil procedureIn force
Subsection I: Administrative rectification and cancellation

Article 1046-1

The Public Prosecutor with territorial jurisdiction shall give instructions to the custodians of the registers of the erroneous or annulled document, as well as to those holding the other documents af…

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French Code of civil procedureIn force
Section II: Procedures relating to first names

Article 1055-1

The public prosecutor with territorial jurisdiction to challenge before the family court the first name or names chosen by the parents, pursuant to the third paragraph of article 57 of the Civil Code,…

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French Code of civil procedureIn force
Chapter IV: Common provisions.

Article 1009-1

In matters other than those where the appeal prevents the execution of the contested decision, the First President or his delegate shall decide, at the request of the defendant and after obtaining the…

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French Code of civil procedureIn force
Chapter VI: Referral to the Cour de cassation for an opinion.

Article 1031-1

When the judge intends to request the opinion of the Cour de cassation pursuant to article

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French Code of civil procedureIn force
Chapter IV: Common provisions.

Article 1015-1

The chamber to which an appeal is referred may seek the opinion of another chamber to which an appeal is referred on a point of law which falls within the jurisdiction of that chamber.The Advocate Gen…

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French Code of civil procedureIn force
Subsection II: Rectification and judicial annulment

Article 1054-1

The decision is only provisionally enforceable if it so orders.

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French Code of civil procedureIn force
Chapter IIIa: Funerals

Article 1061-1

In the event of a dispute over the conditions of the funeral, the matter shall be referred to the judicial court at the request of the earliest party using one of the methods provided for in Article 7…

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French Code of civil procedureIn force
Paragraph 3: Publication and proof of judgments

Article 1082-1

Divorce or legal separation shall be proved to third parties simply by producing an extract of the decision pronouncing it containing only its operative part, accompanied by proof of its enforceabilit…

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French Code of civil procedureIn force
Section II ter : Procedure for protective measures for victims of violence

Article 1136-10

The administrative authority, requested by the court clerk to notify the order setting the date of the hearing or the protection order by administrative means, shall do so by delivery against receipt.…

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