Subject to the provisions of the fourth paragraph of Article 121-3 of the Penal Code, the president of the assembly or a councillor deputising for him or having received a delegation may only be convicted on the basis of the third paragraph of that same article for unintentional acts committed in the exercise of his duties if it is established that he did not take the normal care in view of his competences, the power and means at his disposal and the difficulties specific to the missions entrusted to him by law.
The territorial collectivity of French Guiana is obliged to grant its protection to the president of the assembly of French Guiana, to the councillor deputising for him or who has received a delegation or to one of these elected representatives who has ceased to hold office when the latter is the subject of criminal proceedings in connection with acts which do not have the character of misconduct detachable from the exercise of his duties.