For the application of this code in the overseas collectivities and New Caledonia:
1° References to the department are replaced by references to the collectivity;
2° References to the prefect and sub-prefect are replaced by references to the State representative in the collectivity.
In the absence of adaptation, references made, by provisions of this code applicable in the overseas collectivities and New Caledonia, to provisions that do not apply there are replaced by references to provisions with the same purpose applicable locally.
For the application of this code in Saint-Pierre-et-Miquelon, New Caledonia, French Polynesia and Wallis and Futuna:
a) References to the judicial court are replaced by references to the court of first instance or, where applicable, to the detached section of the court of first instance;
b) References to the investigating division are replaced by references to the investigating judge.