Title IV: Special provisions applicable to the local authorities of Saint-Barthélemy and Saint-Martin

For the application of the present code to Saint-Barthélemy and Saint-Martin: 1° The words: “the department” are replaced by the words: “the local authority”; 2° In the absence of adaptations provided for by the present code, references made by it to provisions which are not applicable to Saint-Barthélemy and Saint-Martin are replaced by references to provisions with the same purpose applicable locally.

The adversarial hearings held pursuant to article 396 by the liberty and custody judge of the judicial court of Basse-Terre for defendants in the community of Saint-Martin may be carried out by means of audiovisual telecommunication, in accordance with Article 706-71. The provisions of the fourth and fifth paragraphs of this article then apply. A copy of the pre-trial detention order issued pursuant to the third paragraph of article 396…

Persons remanded in custody until their appearance before the court may be held in a premises other than a prison until the third working day following the order prescribing detention at the latest. Failing this, they shall be released automatically in accordance with the provisions of article 396. The provisions of articles 717-3 and 719-4 as well as those of the first five paragraphs of article 716 and the second…