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Article 24
Dispositions générales
Titre III:
Des Actes de l'État civil
(On Civil Status Records)
Chapitre I:
Dispositions générales
(General Provisions)
Les extraits d'actes revêtus des formalités précitées, feront foi en justice jusqu'à inscription de faux.
Life lesson:
A document properly made carries the presumption of truth. The burden falls on the one who would call it false.
Notes:
Authenticated civil status extracts carry full evidentiary weight in court — rebuttable only by formal inscription de faux (forgery proceedings). Establishes the legal presumption of validity for properly executed records.