Article R297 of the French Code of Criminal Procedure
Article R. 72 is worded as follows: “Art. R. 72.-For persons born in the overseas collectivities or in New Caledonia and convicted by a French criminal court other than that of their place of birth, the forms provided for in articles R. 65 and R. 67, paragraph 2, and the notices provided for in articles R. 67, paragraph 1, R. 69 and R. 71, are sent to the public prosecutor…