French Monetary and Financial Code
In forceThe temporary detention order referred to in Articles L. 722-18 and L. 722-19 may be appealed, by the person to whom the temporary detention order is notified, to the President of the High Court of Appeal of Saint-Pierre-et-Miquelon or to the President of the Investigating Chamber of the Court of Appeal of Basse-Terre for Saint-Barthélemy, of Nouméa for New Caledonia and the Wallis and Futuna Islands or of Papeete for French Polynesia. The decision to temporarily detain shall specify the appeal procedures and deadlines.
This appeal must be lodged exclusively by declaration delivered or sent, by registered post or electronically, to the registry of the High Court of Appeal of Saint-Pierre-et-Miquelon or of the Court of Appeal of Basse-Terre for Saint-Barthélemy, of Nouméa for New Caledonia and the Wallis and Futuna Islands or of Papeete for French Polynesia, within a period of fifteen days from notification of the decision to temporarily detain. This appeal does not have suspensive effect.
The order of the President of the High Court of Appeal or the President of the Investigating Chamber may be appealed to the Supreme Court, in accordance with the rules of the Code of Criminal Procedure.
