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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 6: Fees and compensation paid to bailiffs and law enforcement officers

Article R189

Premiums are awarded to law enforcement officers under the conditions set out in articles R. 190 and R. 191 when there has been forced execution and the arrest has required duly recorded special searc…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Title III: Provisions specific to the Department of Mayotte

Article R404

A Article R. 105, the words: "the registrar appointed in each registry secretariat" are replaced by the words: "the chief registrar" and the words: "direct accountant to the Treasury" are replaced by…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Title VIII: Criminal records

Article R64

The director of the national institute of statistics and economic studies shall communicate to the automated national criminal records department the surnames, forenames, dates and places of birth and…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Title II: Provisions applicable in New Caledonia, French Polynesia and the Wallis and Futuna Islands

Article R337

For the application of article R. 185, the sum of : "0.91 euros" is replaced by : "1.68 euros (200 F CFP)" and the sum of : "1.37 euros" is replaced by : "2.52 euros (300 F CFP)".

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French Labour CodeIn force
Chapter IV: Criminal provisions

Article R3124-10

Failure to pay a 25% increase in salary for each hour of overtime worked in excess of one tenth of the duration stipulated in the contract, in breach of the provisions of articles L. 3123-21 and L. 31…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 1: General provisions

Article R5134-15

When the bodies mentioned in article L. 5314-1 and in 1° bis of article L. 5311-4, as well as the academy rectors for the contracts mentioned in article L. 5134-125 take decisions or allocate aid for…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Title II: Provisions applicable in New Caledonia, French Polynesia and the Wallis and Futuna Islands

Article R354

For the application of Article R. 227-1, the words: "the president of the judicial court, within whose jurisdiction the bailiff has his residence" are replaced by the words: "the president of the cour…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Title II: Provisions applicable in New Caledonia, French Polynesia and the Wallis and Futuna Islands

Article R305

The first paragraph of Article R. 80 reads as follows: "Bulletin No. 2 is requested from the registry of the court of first instance or, in accordance with the second paragraph of Article R. 62, from…

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French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Title VI: OVERSEAS PROVISIONS

Article R366-4

For the application of this book in New Caledonia: 1° With the exception of the first paragraph of article R. 313-3 and articles D. 312-3 and R. 343-31, the words "in France" are replaced by the words…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 2: Provisions applicable to professional non-trading companies

Article R822-86

A shareholder may only transfer all or part of his shares to a third party outside the company if the transferee is first approved by the company under the conditions set out in premier alinéa de l'ar…

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