Chapter VI: The Assize Court

For the application of Article 244, and subject to the application of the provisions of article 247, the assize court may also be presided over by the president of the court of first instance or by the most senior judge in the highest grade of that court.

Article 8° of 256 shall read as follows: “8° Adults under court protection, adults under guardianship, adults under curatorship and those placed in an establishment for the mentally ill under locally applicable provisions. “

Without prejudice to the application of Article 257, jury duty is also incompatible with the following functions: assessors of the tribunal du travail; assessors of the tribunal mixte de commerce; assessors of the tribunal de première instance de Wallis-et-Futuna; members of the government of French Polynesia; members of the territorial assemblies; members of the council of the territory of the Wallis-et-Futuna Islands; members of the provincial assemblies of New Caledonia;…

The minimum number of jurors provided for by the first paragraph of l’article 260 is set at 80 for the territory of the Wallis and Futuna Islands.

In the territory of the Wallis and Futuna Islands, the preparatory list of the annual list, provided for by articles 261 and 261-1, is drawn up by territorial district and the powers of the mayor are exercised by the head of the administrative district.

I.-For the application in New Caledonia and the territory of French Polynesia of the second paragraph of Article 262 setting the composition of the commission provided for in this article, the general councillors shall be replaced by five members appointed each year from among its members by the Congress or Assembly of French Polynesia. II.-In the territory of the Wallis and Futuna Islands, the commission provided for in article 262…

The special list of alternate jurors, provided for in l’article 264, includes thirty names in the territory of the Wallis and Futuna Islands.

For the application of Article 269, the accused may be transferred to a prison other than a remand centre.