Book VI: Overseas provisions

For the application of Article 392-1, legal aid must be understood to mean the legal aid or assistance scheme in force locally.

In New Caledonia and the Wallis and Futuna Islands, the criminal court ruling as a panel is completed by two assessors under the conditions set out in the Code of Judicial Organisation. In the Wallis and Futuna Islands, one or two of the judge assessors of the criminal court may be judges from the jurisdiction of the Noumea court of appeal connected live to the courtroom by an audiovisual means…

For the application of Article 398-1 in French Polynesia, New Caledonia and the Wallis and Futuna Islands: 1° The 2° is worded as follows: “2° The offences provided for by the locally applicable provisions relating to road traffic;” 2° The 4° is worded as follows: “4° Offences provided for by locally applicable provisions relating to regulations on land transport as well as ship and navigation safety, the prevention of marine…

In the territory of the Wallis and Futuna Islands, the notice provided for in Article 399 shall be given by the public prosecutor.

For the application of Article 407, the court clerk may be appointed as interpreter for one of the languages in use in the territory. In this case, he is exempt from the oath. If there is a permanent official interpreter, he shall not take the oath until he takes up his duties.