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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
BOOK VII: SPECIAL PROVISIONS APPLICABLE TO MAYOTTE

Article L1711-5

The resources allocated to the Department of Mayotte, pursuant to IV of Article 12 of Ordinance no. 2012-576 of 26 April 2012 extending and adapting the construction and housing code and various laws…

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French Sports CodeIn force
Section 2: Role of sports federations

Article L231-5

Sports federations look after the health of their members and to this end take the necessary measures, particularly with regard to training programmes and the calendar of competitions and sporting eve…

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French Sports CodeIn force
Preliminary chapter

Article L230-5

For the purposes of Section 4 of Chapter II of this Title, an attempt to commit an offence under the provisions of this Title shall be deemed to have been made if, after it has begun to be committed,…

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French Sports CodeIn force
Chapter II: Safety at sporting events

Article L332-5

Any person who, while intoxicated, enters or attempts to enter a sports venue by force or by fraud during the staging or public broadcasting of a sporting event is punishable by one year's imprisonmen…

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French Sports CodeIn force
Chapter I: Nature sports

Article L311-5

The French National Olympic and Sports Committee concludes agreements with bodies managing natural areas, subject to compliance with the regulations specific to each area, with the aim of setting the…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 8: Issuing cheques in several copies

Article L131-56

With the exception of bearer cheques, any cheque issued in one country and payable in another country or in an overseas part of the same country and vice versa, or issued and payable in the same part…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 2: Creation and form of cheque

Article L131-5

…med to be unwritten. However, the drawee may endorse the cheque; endorsement has the effect of establishing the existence of the funds on the date on which it is given.

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 8: Issuing cheques in several copies

Article L131-57

Payment made on one of the copies discharges the obligation, even if it is not stipulated that this payment cancels the effect of the other copies. The endorser who has passed on the copies to differe…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 7: Recourse in the event of non-payment

Article L131-50

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,…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 7: Recourse in the event of non-payment

Article L131-54

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…

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