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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 1: Deliberations of the Assize Court

Article 363

If the fact held against the accused does not fall or no longer falls under the application of criminal law, or if the accused is found not guilty, the assize court pronounces the accused acquitted. I…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 1: Deliberations of the Assize Court

Article 365

The assize court's answers to the questions asked are irrevocable.

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 1: Deliberations of the Assize Court

Article 360

The declaration, when affirmative, states that the majority of votes required by

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 1: Deliberations of the Assize Court

Article 362

In the event of an affirmative answer on guilt, the president shall read out to the jurors the provisions of articles 130-1,132-1and 132-18 of the Penal Code; if the provisions of the first two paragr…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Section 4: Total or partial withdrawal of parental authority and withdrawal of the exercise of parental authority

Article 379

The total withdrawal of parental authority ordered under articles 378 and 378-1 carries by operation of law all attributes, both proprietary and personal, attached to parental authority; in the absenc…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Section 4: Total or partial withdrawal of parental authority and withdrawal of the exercise of parental authority

Article 378

Parental authority or the exercise of parental authority may be totally withdrawn by an express decision of the criminal judgment from fathers and mothers who are convicted, either as perpetrators, co…

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French Code of civil procedureIn force
Chapter I: Jurisdiction.

Article 36

Where claims are made, in the same proceedings and under a common instrument, by several plaintiffs or against several defendants, jurisdiction and the rate of jurisdiction shall be determined in resp…

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French Code of civil procedureIn force
Chapter II: Interruption of proceedings.

Article 369

Proceedings are interrupted by:- the majority of a party;- the cessation of the lawyer's duties where representation is compulsory;- the effect of the judgment pronouncing the safeguard, the judicial…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Chapter I: General provisions.

Article 36

In cases where the parties concerned are not obliged to appear in person, they may be represented by a special and authentic proxy.

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French Civil CodeIn force
Section 3: Effects of simple adoption

Article 360

Simple adoption confers on the adopted person a filiation which is added to his or her filiation of origin in accordance with the procedures laid down in this chapter. The adopted person continues to…

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