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French Civil CodeIn force
Chapter III: Things that can be sold.

Article 1599

The sale of someone else's thing is void: it may give rise to damages where the buyer was unaware that the thing belonged to someone else.

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French Civil CodeIn force
Chapter III: Things that can be sold.

Article 1598

Anything in commerce may be sold where particular laws have not prohibited its alienation.

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French Civil CodeIn force
Chapter III: Leasing of work and industry.

Article 1779

There are three main types of hire of work and industry:1° Hire of services;2° Hire of carriers, both by land and by water, who undertake the transport of persons or goods;3° Hire of architects, contr…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Chapter III: Referral to the Police Court

Article 532

A warning issued by the public prosecutor dispenses with a summons if it is followed by the voluntary appearance of the person to whom it is addressed. It indicates the offence prosecuted and refers t…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Chapter III: Referral to the Police Court

Article 533

The articles 388-1,388-2,388-3,388-4 and 390 to 392-1 are applicable before the police court.

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Chapter III: Referral to the Police Court

Article 531

The Police Court is seised of offences within its jurisdiction either by referral to it by the investigating court, or by the voluntary appearance of the parties, or by summons issued directly to the…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Chapter III: Provisions common to all prisons

Article 724

Persons remanded in custody or sentenced to a custodial sentence shall be booked and detained in prisons under the conditions laid down in the provisions of the Prison Code..

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Chapter III: Provisions common to all prisons

Article 726

The placement, on an exceptional basis, of juvenile detainees over the age of sixteen in a disciplinary cell may not exceed seven days.In an emergency, juvenile detainees over the age of sixteen may,…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Chapter III: Provisions common to all prisons

Article 727-1

In accordance with the dispositions de l'article L. 223-2 du code pénitentiaire, le procureur de la République est immédiatement avisé de la découverte, au sein d'un établissement pénitentiaire ou d'u…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter III: Embryo and embryonic cell research.

Article L2443-1

Title V of Book I of this Part, as amended by Act no. 2021-1017 of 2 August 2021, is applicable in New Caledonia and French Polynesia.

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