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Title II: Provisions applicable in New Caledonia, French Polynesia and the Wallis and Futuna Islands

Article R251 of the French Code of Criminal Procedure

I. – With the exception of articles R. 15-29 to R. 15-33-23, R. 15-33-43 and R. 15-33-59, R. 48-1, the I of article R. 49-8-3, articles R. 49-8-5 to R. 49-19, R. 53-51 to R. 53-56, R. 63, R. 64, R. 93-3 and R. 95, this Code (Decrees in the Council of State) is applicable in New Caledonia in the version resulting from Decree no. 2023-747 of 9 August 2023…

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Article R252 of the French Code of Criminal Procedure

I. – For the application of this Code in New Caledonia, French Polynesia and the Wallis and Futuna Islands, the terms listed below are replaced as follows: 1° “département” by “collectivité d’outre-mer” or “Nouvelle-Calédonie”; 2° “préfet” and “sous-préfet” by “représentant de l’Etat”; 3° “Banque de France” by “Institut d’émission d’outre-mer” ; 4° “tribunal judiciaire” by “tribunal de première instance” or, where applicable, by the terms “section détachée du tribunal de…

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Article R256 of the French Code of Criminal Procedure

For the application of articles R. 15-1 and R. 15-5, a paragraph worded as follows completes these articles: “When the person concerned is in office on an island other than that on which the court of appeal sits, this period runs from the first air or sea link. “

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Article R257 of the French Code of Criminal Procedure

For the application of article R. 15-12, notifications are made by the secretary of the commission to the claimant via the military or administrative hierarchical authority, which issues a notice against a signature and the words: “twelve days” are replaced by the words: “one month”.

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Article R260 of the French Code of Criminal Procedure

Paragraphs 3 to 6 of Article R. 15-17 are replaced by the following provisions: “An examination commission, the members of which are appointed by joint order of the Minister of Justice and the Minister of the Interior, is set up within the jurisdiction of the Noumea and Papeete Courts of Appeal. “It is composed of: ” 1° The public prosecutor to the court of appeal or his delegate, president, and…

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Article R261 of the French Code of Criminal Procedure

Article R. 15-28 is worded as follows: “Art. R. 15-28.-Officers or agents of the judicial police are competent to carry out their duties in vehicles assigned to the collective transport of passengers, whenever these vehicles, or the network on which they travel, cross all or part of their assigned district. “

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