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

I.-The first sentence of the first paragraph of Article R. 45 shall read as follows: “The objection made by the accused, within the time limits provided for in either the third or fifth paragraphs of article 527 or article 849, must be made:” II.-In the fourth paragraph of the same article, the following words are inserted after the words “the letter of notification”: “or a signed copy of the notice”…

Article R. 48 shall read as follows: “Art. R. 48.-The officer responsible for recovering fines shall proceed with recovery of the criminal order on expiry of the thirty-day period from the date of dispatch of the registered letter provided for in article R. 42, paragraph 1, or, if the accused resides on an island that is not served by a regular postal service, on the expiry of the period of…

In Article R. 49, the following paragraph is added: “For New Caledonia and French Polynesia, the amount of the fixed fine is set respectively by the Congress of New Caledonia and the Council of Ministers of French Polynesia within the limits imposed respectively by Article 86 of Organic Law No. 99-209 of 19 March 1999 relating to New Caledonia and Article 94 of Organic Law No. 2004-192 of 27 February…

For the application of Article R. 49-1, the last sentence of the second paragraph and the third and fourth paragraphs are deleted.

For the application of article R. 49-2 in French Polynesia, the model of the counterfoil receipt booklet is set by a decision of the Council of Ministers of French Polynesia.

For the application of article R. 49-5, the reference to article “529-5” is deleted.

A article R. 49-7, the following paragraph is added: “For New Caledonia and French Polynesia, the amount of the increased fixed fine is set by the Congress of New Caledonia and the Council of Ministers of French Polynesia respectively. “

For the application of article R. 49-8-1 in New Caledonia, the reference to article “529-3” is replaced by the reference to article “850-1” and the reference to “II of article 529-4” is replaced by the reference “to the last paragraph of article 850-1”.

For the application of article R. 49-8-2 in New Caledonia, the words: “to the representative of the State in the department in which it has its headquarters and, in Paris, to the Prefect of Police” are replaced by the words: “to the High Commissioner of the Republic in New Caledonia”.

For the application of in article R. 49-8-4 in New Caledonia, the reference “to the first paragraph of II of article 529-4” is replaced by the reference “to article 850-1”.