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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
General provisions

Article 803-1

I. - Where, by virtue of the provisions of the present code, notification to a lawyer is to be made by registered letter or by registered letter with acknowledgement of receipt, notification may also…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
General provisions

Article 802-1

Where, pursuant to this code, the public prosecutor or a court is seised of a request which must be answered by a reasoned decision subject to appeal, in the absence of a reply within two months of th…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Chapter XII: Enforcement procedures

Article 873-1

The first paragraph of Article

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Chapter V: Investigating courts

Article 823-1

The provisions of article 706-71 are applicable to the adversarial hearing prior to the remand in custody of a free person, held by the liberty and custody judge of the Nouméa court of first instance…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Chapter VII: Trial of offences

Article 844-1

For the application of article 474 in New Caledonia, where the sentenced person is a minor, the service responsible for the judicial protection of children shall exercise the functions devolved to the…

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

Article 850-1

In New Caledonia, infringements of the first four classes of the police regulations governing public road passenger transport services, laid down by local regulations, are recorded in official reports…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Chapter I: General provisions

Article 879-1

For the application of articles 16 to 19, Mayotte police officers placed at the disposal of the State are assimilated, in accordance with the provisions and under the conditions laid down by these art…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Chapter XI: Special procedures

Article 859-1

The time limit provided for in the first paragraph of Article 627-6 is increased to fifteen days when the transfer is made from New Caledonia, French Polynesia or the Wallis and Futuna Islands.

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Chapter VIII: Specific procedures

Article 897-1

The time limit provided for in the first paragraph of Article

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Chapter III: Investigating courts

Article 883-1

For all nullity applications sent to the Investigating Chamber of the Court of Appeal of Saint-Denis de La Réunion, the declaration to the clerk's office may be made by means of a registered letter wi…

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