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French Code of civil procedureIn force
Chapter V: Miscellaneous provisions

Article 1030

The order granting leave to act forgery shall be served on the defendant within fifteen days, with a summons to declare whether he intends to make use of the document alleged to be forged. This summon…

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French Code of civil procedureIn force
Title VII: Provisions specific to the Cour de cassation.

Article 1010

…in the same particulars as the plaintiff's factum. The factum must, under the same penalty: - be delivered to the registry of the Cour de cassation before the expiry of the time-limit laid down for th…

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French Code of civil procedureIn force
Title VII: Provisions specific to the Cour de cassation.

Article 1014

After the pleadings have been lodged, this panel shall decide that there is no need to give a ruling in a specially reasoned decision where the appeal is inadmissible or where it is manifestly not suc…

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French Code of civil procedureIn force
Chapter V: Miscellaneous provisions

Article 1028

The application for forgery against a document produced before the Cour de cassation is addressed to the first president. It shall be lodged at the registry and signed by a lawyer at the Conseil d'Eta…

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French Code of civil procedureIn force
Title VII: Provisions specific to the Cour de cassation.

Article 1016

…t the hearings shall take place or continue in chambers if their public nature would infringe the privacy of the parties, or if all the parties so request, or if any disorder arises that is likely to…

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French Code of civil procedureIn force
Chapter V: Miscellaneous provisions

Article 1029

…granting leave to act in falsity. In the event of rejection, the applicant may be ordered to pay a civil fine under the conditions set out in Article 628.

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French Code of civil procedureIn force
Title VII: Provisions specific to the Cour de cassation.

Article 1022

A copy of the judgment shall be sent to the court from which the contested decision emanates.

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French Code of civil procedureIn force
Title VII: Provisions specific to the Cour de cassation.

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
Title VII: Provisions specific to the Cour de cassation.

Article 1009-2

…e of notification of the decision ordering the striking off. It shall be interrupted by an act unequivocally expressing the intention to enforce.The First President or his delegate may, even of his ow…

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French Code of civil procedureIn force
Title VII: Provisions specific to the Cour de cassation.

Article 1015-2

…ed to the parties, or be heard during a hearing to which the parties are summoned. The parties are given a period of time in which to submit their written observations.

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