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Article 52 of the French Civil Code

Any alteration, any forgery in civil status records, any registration of these records made on a loose leaf and otherwise than on the registers for this purpose, will give rise to damages from the parties, without prejudice to the penalties laid down in the Penal Code.

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Article 52

Toute altération, tout faux dans les actes de l’état civil, toute inscription de ces actes faite sur une feuille volante et autrement que sur les registres à ce destinés, donneront lieu aux dommages-intérêts des parties, sans préjudice des peines portées au code pénal.

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