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Showing 261–270 of 61097 articles for “Art. L 131-1”
Cheques may only be drawn on a credit institution, an investment services provider other than a portfolio management company, the French Treasury, the Caisse des Dépôts et Consignations or the Banque…
Cheques may be made payable :- to a named person, with or without an express "to order" clause ;- to a named person, with the clause "not to order" or an equivalent clause;- to bearer.A cheque payable…
Cheques may be made payable to the drawer. Cheques may be drawn on behalf of a third party. Cheques may not be drawn on the drawer himself, except in the case of a cheque drawn between different estab…
The drawer, an endorser or a guarantor may, by means of the clause "return without charge", "without protest", or any other equivalent clause, inscribed on the document and signed, exempt the bearer,…
Any obligor against whom recourse is taken or who is exposed to recourse may demand, against reimbursement, the return of the cheque with the protest and an acquitted account. Any endorser who has rei…
The guarantor is bound in the same way as the person he has guaranteed. His undertaking is valid even if the obligation he has guaranteed would be null and void for any reason other than a formal defe…
Cheques issued and payable in mainland France must be presented for payment within eight days. Cheques issued outside mainland France and payable in mainland France must be presented for payment withi…
All persons obligated under a cheque are jointly and severally liable to the bearer. The bearer has the right to take action against all these persons, individually or collectively, without being obli…
Limitation periods in the case of legal proceedings only run from the date of the last legal action. They do not apply if there has been a conviction or if the debt has been recognised by a separate a…
Any drawer who issues a cheque without indicating the place of issue or without a date, or who covers a cheque with a false date, or who draws a cheque on a person other than a banker, is liable to a…
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