Payment of a bill of exchange due on a legal holiday may only be demanded on the first working day thereafter. Similarly, all other acts relating to the bill of exchange, in particular presentation for acceptance and protest, may only be performed on a working day. Where one of these acts must be performed within a certain period, the last day of which is a legal public holiday, that period…
Legal public holidays are assimilated to days on which, under the laws in force, no payment may be demanded, nor any protest drawn up.
Legal or conventional time limits do not include the day from which they begin to run. No legal or judicial day of grace is allowed except in the cases provided for by articles L. 511-38 and L. 511-50.
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