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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Subsection 1: Transport, searches and seizures

Article 93

If the needs of the investigation so require, the examining magistrate may, after giving notice to the public prosecutor of his court, travel with his clerk throughout the national territory, in order…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Section 1: The form of gifts inter vivos.

Article 938

The donation duly accepted shall be perfected by the consent of the parties alone; and the ownership of the objects donated shall be transferred to the donee, without the need for any other tradition.

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French Civil CodeIn force
Section 1: The form of gifts inter vivos.

Article 931

All deeds involving gifts inter vivos shall be executed before notaries in the ordinary form of contracts; and minutes thereof shall remain, under penalty of nullity.

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French Civil CodeIn force
Section 1: The form of gifts inter vivos.

Article 939

Where there is a donation of property subject to mortgages, publication of the deeds containing the donation and acceptance, as well as notification of the acceptance which would have taken place by s…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Section 1: The form of gifts inter vivos.

Article 935

A gift made to an unemancipated minor or an adult under guardianship must be accepted by his or her guardian, in accordance with article 463, under the heading "Of minority, guardianship and emancipat…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Section 1: The form of gifts inter vivos.

Article 937

Subject to the provisions of the second and third paragraphs of Article 910, donations made for the benefit of charitable establishments shall be accepted by the directors of such establishments, afte…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Paragraph 3: Early waiver of the reduction action

Article 930

The renunciation is drawn up by a specific deed received by two notaries. It is signed separately by each renunciant in the presence of the notaries alone. It states precisely its future legal consequ…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Section 1: The form of gifts inter vivos.

Article 936

A deaf-mute who can write may accept himself or through a proxy.If he cannot write, the acceptance must be made by a curator appointed for this purpose, following the rules laid down in the title "Of…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Section 1: The form of gifts inter vivos.

Article 933

If the donee is of full age, the acceptance must be made by him or, in his name, by the person founded on his power of attorney, bearing authority to accept the gift made, or a general power to accept…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Section 1: The form of gifts inter vivos.

Article 932

The gift inter vivos shall not bind the donor, and shall not produce any effect, until the day on which it has been accepted in express terms. The acceptance may be made during the donor's lifetime by…

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