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French Civil CodeIn force
Chapter II: Respect for the human body

Article 16-3

…of medical necessity for the person concerned or exceptionally in the therapeutic interest of others. The consent of the person concerned must be obtained beforehand except in cases where his or her…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Chapter II: Respect for the human body

Article 16-1

Everyone has the right to respect for his or her body. The human body is inviolable. The human body, its elements and products may not be the subject of a property right.

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Subtitle I: Public and civil proceedings

Article 2-16

Any association that has been duly registered for at least five years on the date of the events and that proposes, through its articles of association, to combat drug addiction or drug trafficking may…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 2: Judicial police officers

Article 16-1

Within one month of being notified of the decision to refuse, suspend or withdraw authorisation, the judicial police officer may ask the public prosecutor to withdraw the decision. The public prosecut…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 2: Judicial police officers

Article 16-2

…n holding the rank of chamber president or councillor. These magistrates are appointed annually, together with three alternates, by the bureau of the Cour de cassation. The functions of the public pro…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 2: Judicial police officers

Article 16-3

…he committee gives a reasoned decision. The hearing takes place and the decision is given in chambers. The debate is oral; the claimant may be heard in person at his request or that of his counsel; he…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 9: Expertise

Article 161-1

…ve a period of ten days in which to ask the investigating judge, in accordance with the procedures set out in the penultimate paragraph of Article 81, to amend or supplement the questions put to the e…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 9: Expertise

Article 161-2

…port be filed beforehand, which shall be notified to the parties in accordance with the procedures set out in Article 167. The parties may then send their observations to the expert and the judge at t…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 9: Expertise

Article 167-2

…ovisional report before his final report. The public prosecutor and the parties then have a period set by the examining magistrate, which may not be less than fifteen days or, in the case of accountin…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 9: Expertise

Article 167-1

…account of a mental disorder, the civil party shall be notified in accordance with the conditions set out in the first paragraph of Article 167, where applicable in the presence of the expert or expe…

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