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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Chapter V: Investigating courts

Article 823

For the application of the provisions of Article 145 in the territory of the Wallis and Futuna Islands, the examining magistrate may order the provisional incarceration of the person under investigati…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Chapter V: Investigating courts

Article 817

For the application of the second paragraph of Article 102, the court clerk may be appointed as interpreter for one of the languages in use in the territory. In this case, he is exempt from the oath..

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Chapter V: Investigating courts

Article 820

For the application of articles 127, 133 and 135-2, if the person who is the subject of the warrant is found on an island where there is no court, the conduct takes place from the first air or sea lin…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Chapter V: Investigating courts

Article 822

For the application of

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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 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 V: Investigating courts

Article 819

The period provided for in Article 116-1 is extended to one month when the person under investigation does not reside on the island where the examining magistrate sits.

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Title V: Information organisation

Article R451-3

…ferred to in article L. 451-1, based on the daily cross-referencing of information from the file provided for in I of the same article L. 451-1-1 and the information referred to inarticle L. 330-1 of…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Title V: Information organisation

Article R451-1

…51-1 is designated by an order of the Minister for the Economy. It shall respond to the requests provided for in the same article within a maximum of seven days from receipt of the request. It shall c…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Title V: Information organisation

Article R451-5

Insurance undertakings, as well as insurance intermediaries who have received a management delegation from these undertakings for this purpose, shall communicate to the information body mentioned in A…

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