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Article 21
Dispositions générales
Titre III:
Des Actes de l'État civil
(On Civil Status Records)
Chapitre I:
Dispositions générales
(General Provisions)
Le lieutenant de juge est responsable des altérations qui pourraient survenir aux registres ; il pourra cependant exercer son recours, s'il y a lieu, contre les auteurs desdites altérations.
Life lesson:
The custodian of truth bears the weight of every lie that enters his keeping — even those he did not write.
Notes:
Strict liability for the lieutenant judge over register integrity, with right of recourse against actual perpetrators. Places the burden of proof on the custodian, not the public.