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Article 647-1 of the French Code of Criminal Procedure

The First President shall rule within one month of the lodging of the application at the registry, after obtaining the opinion of the Public Prosecutor.

He shall issue an order rejecting the application or an order granting permission to register the application as false.

In the event of rejection and unless expressly exempted, the applicant shall be ordered to pay a fine, the rate of which shall be set by decree.

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Article 647-1

Le premier président statue dans le mois du dépôt de la requête au greffe, après avis du procureur général.

Il rend une ordonnance de rejet ou une ordonnance portant permission de s’inscrire en faux.

En cas de rejet et sauf s’il en est expressément dispensé, le demandeur est condamné au paiement d’une amende dont le taux est fixé par décret.

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