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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Investment of sums held in the automatic cinema exhibition account

Article 232-14

Any request for work already carried out or training already provided is only admissible on condition that the corresponding invoices have been sent to the Centre national du cinéma et de l'image anim…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Subsection 1: Judicial supervision

Article 141-2

If the person under investigation voluntarily evades the obligations of judicial supervision, the examining magistrate may issue an arrest warrant or a warrant to bring him or her to trial. The invest…

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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: Purpose and eligibility criteria

Article 231-14

I. - The following cinemas are not eligible for classification and aid:1° At least 32 cinema weeks of activity per year on average during the reference period;2° A minimum number of screenings per cin…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Subsection 1: Judicial supervision

Article 142-2

The first part of the bond shall be returned or the first part of the sureties lifted if the accused, defendant or person under investigation has appeared for all the acts of the proceedings, has comp…

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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: Pre-implementation and post-implementation aid committees

Article 211-149

I.-1° The reading committees responsible for selecting projects concerning a director's first feature-length cinematographic work are made up of the co-presidents of the committee provided for in arti…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Subsection 3: Pre-trial detention

Article 145-2

In criminal matters, an accused person may not be held in custody for more than one year. However, subject to the provisions of article 145-3, the liberty and custody judge may, on expiry of this peri…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Subsection 3: Pre-trial detention

Article 148-2

Any court called upon to rule, pursuant to articles 141-1 and 148-1, on an application to lift all or part of the judicial supervision order or on an application for release, shall make its decision a…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Paragraph 4: Acquisition of French nationality by declaration of nationality

Article 21-14

Persons who have lost French nationality pursuant to article 23-6 or who has been refused a claim under Article 30-3 may claim French nationality by declaration made in accordance with Articles 26 et…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Subsection 3: Pre-trial detention

Article 144-2

Where release is ordered on the basis of the provisions of articles 143-1,144,144-1,145-2,145-3 or 706-24-3, but that it is likely to place the victim at risk, the court shall place the person under i…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Subsection 4: Compensation for detention

Article 149-2

The First President of the Court of Appeal, on receipt of a petition within six months of the decision to dismiss the case, acquit or acquit having become final, shall give a reasoned decision. The pr…

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