Section 3: Proceedings before the criminal courts.

The provisions of ordinary law relating to the investigation of flagrante delicto offences before the criminal courts are applicable in the case provided for by article 333 above.

At first instance and on appeal, oral hearings are held on the basis of a brief, and there are no legal costs to be repeated on either side.

The rules of procedure in force in the territory are applicable to summonses, judgments, oppositions and appeals.

A summons served on an accused person by a customs officer on the instructions of the public prosecutor under the conditions set out in article 390-1 of the Code of Criminal Procedure shall be deemed to constitute a summons to appear in person.