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French Code of civil procedureIn force
Chapter I: Litigation procedure.

Article 947

Unless the case is decided at the first hearing, the Registrar shall notify by any means the parties who have not been notified orally of the date of subsequent hearings..

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French Code of civil procedureIn force
Chapter I: Litigation procedure.

Article 948

The party whose rights are in jeopardy may, even if a hearing date has already been set, ask the first president of the court to hold the case, as a matter of priority, at a future hearing.If his requ…

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French Code of civil procedureIn force
Subtitle II: Powers of the First President.

Article 959

The application shall be presented by a lawyer where the proceedings before the court involve the constitution of a lawyer under the conditions provided for in Article 930-1.

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French Code of civil procedureIn force
Sub-title III: Miscellaneous provisions.

Article 963

…final, as the case may be. Inadmissibility is established ex officio by the competent judge or panel. The parties are not entitled to raise this inadmissibility. They are notified of the decision by…

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

Article 979

On pain of inadmissibility of the appeal pronounced ex officio, the following must be submitted to the registry within the time limit for filing the statement of case:-a copy of the contested decision…

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

Article 988

The registrar of the court which handed down the contested decision shall without delay transmit to the registry of the Cour de cassation the case file to which shall be attached:- a copy of the conte…

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

Article 993

If a lawyer at the Conseil d'Etat and the Cour de Cassation has declared to the clerk's office that he is representing a party, the notification provided for in Article 990 or to Article 992 is replac…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Chapter III: Trial courts

Article 917

For the purposes of Article 262, the commission shall comprise:-the President of the High Court of Appeal, Chairman;-the President of the Court of First Instance;-the Public Prosecutor or his deputy;-…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Chapter III: Trial courts

Article 922

…nd the prosecution may not each challenge more than three jurors at first instance and four on appeal.

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Book VI: Overseas provisions

Article 936

The adversarial hearings held pursuant to article 396 by the liberty and custody judge of the judicial court of Basse-Terre for defendants in the community of Saint-Martin may be carried out by means…

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