Book VIII: CONTROLS AND PENALTIES

Subject to the adaptations provided for in this chapter, the following provisions are applicable to Saint-Martin in their wording resulting from Ordinance No. 2020-1733 of 16 December 2020, unless otherwise stated in the table below. Articles applicable In their wording resulting from In Title I L. 810-1 to L. 812-2 L. 813-1 to L. 813-4 L. 813-5 La loi n° 2023-22 du 24 janvier 2023 d’orientation et de programmation du…

For the application of this book in Saint-Martin: 1° In article L. 812-2, the words: “Articles 78-1 to 78-2-2 of the Code of Criminal Procedure” are replaced by the words: “Article 78-1, Article 78-2 with the exception of its ninth and tenth paragraphs and Articles 78-2-1 and 78-2-2 of the Code of Criminal Procedure” and the words: “Article 67 quater of the Customs Code” are replaced by the locally applicable…

The summary visits provided for in Articles L. 812-3 and L. 812-4 may be carried out in Saint-Martin in an area between the coastline and a line drawn one kilometre below it.

In Saint-Martin, the public prosecutor may, in the course of the investigation or if no court has been seised or when the court seised has exhausted its jurisdiction without having ruled on the fate of the seals, order the destruction or immobilisation, by neutralising any means essential to their operation, of the boats, land vehicles and aircraft that were used to commit the offences referred to in Articles L. 823-1…