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Article 85 of the French Civil Code

In all cases of violent death or death occurring in a penal establishment, no mention shall be made in the registers of these circumstances, and death certificates shall simply be drawn up in the forms prescribed by Article 79.

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Article 85

Dans tous les cas de mort violente ou survenue dans un établissement pénitentiaire, il ne sera fait sur les registres aucune mention de ces circonstances, et les actes de décès seront simplement rédigés dans les formes prescrites par l’article 79.

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