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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Chapter I: Flagrant crimes and offences

Article 56-2

Searches of the premises of a press company, an audiovisual communication company, an online public communication company, a press agency, the professional vehicles of these companies or agencies or t…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Chapter I: Flagrant crimes and offences

Article 56-3

Searching the offices of a doctor, notary or bailiff shall be carried out by a magistrate and in the presence of the person in charge of the professional order or organisation to which the person conc…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Chapter I: Flagrant crimes and offences

Article 56-1

Search of a lawyer's chambers or home may only be carried out by a magistrate and in the presence of the President of the Bar or his delegate, following a written, reasoned decision taken by the liber…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Chapter I: Flagrant crimes and offences

Article 56-4

I.-When a search is envisaged in a specifically identified place containing items covered by national defence secrecy, the search may only be carried out by a magistrate in the presence of the Chairma…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Chapter I: Flagrant crimes and offences

Article 56-5

Searching the premises of a court or the home of a person exercising judicial functions with a view to seizing documents likely to be covered by the secrecy of deliberations may only be carried out by…

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French Sports CodeIn force
Paragraph 4: Higher State Diploma in Youth, Popular Education and Sport

Article D212-56

The diplôme d'Etat supérieur de la jeunesse, de l'éducation populaire et du sport (Higher State Diploma in Youth, Popular Education and Sport) is obtained by accumulation of four units defined by orde…

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French Sports CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Operation

Article D211-56

The Chairman of the Board of Directors is appointed by the Minister for Sport from among the members mentioned in 5° of article D. 211-55, for a period of three years. In the event of temporary impedi…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 8: Issuing cheques in several copies

Article L131-56

With the exception of bearer cheques, any cheque issued in one country and payable in another country or in an overseas part of the same country and vice versa, or issued and payable in the same part…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Sub-paragraph 1: Common provisions

Article L214-56

The external valuation expert, any member of a management body or any person who, in any capacity whatsoever, participates in the direction or management of an external valuation expert or who is empl…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Parental childcare leave and part-time work.

Article L1225-56

During parental leave or a period of part-time work to bring up a child, employees have the right to take a skills assessment at their own initiative.During this period, the employee is not paid.They…

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