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Showing 221–230 of 30516 articles for “Art. R 581-42”
The protected person's home and the furniture with which it is furnished, whether a principal or secondary residence, are kept at the protected person's disposal for as long as possible. The power to…
Judicial protection measures may only be ordered by the judge in cases of necessity and where the person's interests cannot be sufficiently provided for by implementing the future protection mandate c…
Liability actions are time-barred after five years from the end of the protective measure even if the management would have continued beyond that date. However, where guardianship has ceased by the op…
The public prosecutor has, in the exercise of his duties, the right to directly request the force publique.
A civil party duly summoned who does not appear or is not represented at the hearing is considered to have withdrawn his civil party claim. In this case, and if the public prosecution has only been se…
At the hearing, the civil party's statement must, on pain of inadmissibility, be made before the prosecution's submissions on the merits or, if the court has ordered an adjournment of sentencing, befo…
A person who has joined as a civil party may no longer be heard as a witness. However, the civil party is treated in the same way as a witness as regards the payment of compensation, unless the court…
Except where the law provides otherwise, offences may be established by any method of proof and the judge shall decide on the basis of his or her own personal conviction.The judge may base his or her…
The confession, like any piece of evidence, is left to the free appreciation of the judges.
When made before the hearing, the statement of civil party must specify the offence being prosecuted and contain an election of domicile within the jurisdiction of the court seised, unless the civil p…
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