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French Civil CodeIn force
Chapter IV: Applications for nullity of marriage

Article 183

An action for nullity may no longer be brought either by the spouses or by the parents whose consent was required, whenever the marriage has been expressly or tacitly approved by those whose consent w…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 2: Judicial police officers

Article 18

…al police officers have jurisdiction within the territorial limits where they carry out their usual duties. Officers of the judicial police, temporarily placed at the disposal of a service other than…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 12: Appeals against orders of the investigating judge or the liberty and custody judge

Article 187

Where an appeal is lodged against an order other than a settlement order or where the case is referred directly to the Investigating Chamber, pursuant to Articles 81, ninth paragraph, 82-1, second par…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 11: Settlement orders

Article 182

Partial dismissal orders may be issued during the course of the investigation. Partial referral orders or partial transmission orders may be issued under the same conditions when, in respect of one or…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 12: Appeals against orders of the investigating judge or the liberty and custody judge

Article 186

…1-1,87,139,140,137-3,142-6,142-7,145-1,145-2,148,167, penultimate paragraph, 179, third paragraph, 181,181-1 and 696-70. The civil party may lodge an appeal against orders not to inform, orders dismi…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 11: Settlement orders

Article 180

In cases of referral, either to the police court or the criminal court, the investigating judge forwards the case file with his order to the public prosecutor. The latter is required to send it withou…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 11: Settlement orders

Article 184

The orders issued by the examining magistrate pursuant to this section shall contain the surname, first names, date, place of birth, domicile and profession of the person under investigation. They sha…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 11: Settlement orders

Article 183

…are subject to appeal by a party to the proceedings or a third party in accordance with Articles 99,186and 186-1 are notified to them as soon as possible, either orally, with the names of the accused…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 12: Appeals against orders of the investigating judge or the liberty and custody judge

Article 185

…of an appeal by the person under investigation against the committal order provided for in Article 181, the public prosecutor has a further five days in which to lodge a cross-appeal from the date of…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 13: Resumption of information on new charges

Article 189

New charges include witness statements, exhibits and minutes which, although they could not be submitted to the examining magistrate for examination, are nevertheless of such a nature as either to str…

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