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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Chapter VIII: Judging of contraventions

Article 853

Other than the provisions made applicable by the articles 547 and 549, article 846 is applicable to appeals against police judgments.

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Chapter X: Appeals to the Court of Cassation

Article 855

The time limit for appeal provided for in the first paragraph of Article 568 is extended to one month if the applicant for judicial review resides outside the island where the court that handed down t…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Chapter III: Judicial police

Article 811

For the application of the first paragraph of

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Chapter IV: Investigations

Article 812

For the application of the provisions relating to police custody, when transport conditions do not allow the detained person to be brought before the competent magistrate, the criminal investigation p…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Chapter V: Investigating courts

Article 821

The time limits provided for in Article 130 and in the last paragraph of article 135-2 are extended to fifteen days when the transfer is from or to an overseas territory or New Caledonia.

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Chapter VIII: Judging of contraventions

Article 852

The provisions of the fourth paragraph of

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Chapter XII: Enforcement procedures

Article 868

The persons referred to in article 714 may be detained in premises other than a prison.

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Chapter I: General provisions

Article 806

In New Caledonia, French Polynesia and the Wallis and Futuna Islands, the pecuniary penalties incurred pursuant to this Code are pronounced in local currency, taking into account the equivalent value…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Chapter VIII: Judging of contraventions

Article 850

The first paragraph of Article 529 reads as follows: "For contraventions of locally applicable regulations on road traffic, insurance, hunting, fishing, environmental protection, consumer law, safety…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Chapter X: Appeals to the Court of Cassation

Article 857

…its seat. In the latter case, the opposition may also be made in the forms provided for in article 856.

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