Section 1: Provisions specific to Guadeloupe, French Guiana, Martinique and Réunion

The provisions of this book shall apply ipso jure in Guadeloupe, French Guiana, Martinique and Réunion, subject to the adaptations provided for in this chapter.

For the application of this book in Guadeloupe, French Guiana, Martinique and Reunion: 1° References to the departmental prefect are replaced by references to the State representative; 2° Article R. 711-1 reads as follows: “Art. R. 711-1.-The decision imposing an obligation to leave French territory is deemed to have been executed on the date on which the administration’s stamp has been affixed to the travel documents of the foreign national…

The competent administrative authority in the cases provided for in 1° of article R.* 732-3 is the State representative.However, the competent administrative authority in these cases is the Minister of the Interior when, at the time the house arrest is issued, the foreign national is in a department of mainland France, Saint-Barthélemy, Saint-Martin or Saint-Pierre-et-Miquelon.