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Showing 171–180 of 44147 articles for “Art. L 131-5”
…ations bring together sports associations. They may bring together as members, under the conditions laid down in their articles of association: 1° Individuals to whom they issue licences directly; 2°…
…ersons sued by virtue of the cheque may not raise against the bearer defences based on their personal relationship with the drawer or with previous bearers, unless the bearer, in acquiring the cheque,…
Cheques issued abroad and payable in France are treated as crossed cheques.
Any banker who issues his creditor with blank cheque forms, payable at his cash desk, must, on pain of a fine of 7.5 euros per offence, mention on each form the name of the person to whom the form is…
The drawee banker may, after informing the account holder of the consequences of insufficient funds by any appropriate means made available by the drawee banker, refuse to pay a cheque on the grounds…
The Banque de France shall provide information to any person who, on receiving a cheque for the payment of a good or service, wishes to check that the cheque was properly issued in accordance with thi…
Cheques may be made payable at the domicile of a third party either in the locality where the drawee is domiciled or in another locality, provided that the third party is a bank or a postal cheque cen…
The endorsement must be written on the cheque or on a sheet of paper attached to it, known as an allonge. It must be signed by the endorser. The endorser's signature is affixed either by hand or by an…
Where the endorsement contains the words "valeur en recouvrement", "pour encaissement", "par procuration", or any other words implying a simple mandate, the bearer may exercise all the rights arising…
Notaries and bailiffs are required, on pain of dismissal, costs and damages to the parties, to leave an exact copy of the protests. Subject to the same penalties, they are also required to hand over t…
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