Chapter VIII: Provisions specific to the overseas collectivities governed by Article 74 of the Constitution and New Caledonia

For the application of this Title: 1° The words: “tribunal de grande instance” are replaced by the words: “tribunal de première instance”; 2° In Articles 21-28 and 21-29, the words: “in the department” are replaced by the words: “in the collectivity” or “in New Caledonia”. Penalties incurred under article 68 in the Wallis and Futuna Islands, French Polynesia and New Caledonia are pronounced in local currency, taking into account the…

By way of derogation from Article 26, the declaration which must be received by the director of the judicial registry services of the judicial court is received by the president of the court of first instance or by the judge in charge of the detached section.

Parrogation à l’article 31, the president of the court of first instance or the judge in charge of the detached section has sole authority to issue a certificate of French nationality to any person who can prove that he or she has this nationality.