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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Title II: Provisions specific to the Department of Mayotte

Article 881

The obligation for the civil party to declare an address to the investigating judge provided for in Article

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Title II: Provisions specific to the Department of Mayotte

Article 877

…Mayotte, account shall be taken of the adaptations provided for in this Title. Articles 258 to 267 and 288 to 292 shall not apply.

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Title X: Legal costs

Article 801

Any time limit provided by a provision of criminal procedure for the performance of an act or formality expires on the last day at twenty-four hours. Any time limit that would normally expire on a Sat…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Title X: Legal costs

Article 802

In the event of a breach of the forms prescribed by law on pain of nullity or a failure to observe essential formalities, any court, including the Cour de cassation, which is seised of an application…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Title II: Provisions specific to the Department of Mayotte

Article 888

The majorities of seven or eight votes provided for in Article 359 and in the second paragraph of Article 362 are replaced by majorities of four or six votes.

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Title II: Provisions specific to the Department of Mayotte

Article 886

For the application of articles 296,297 and

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Title II: Provisions specific to the Department of Mayotte

Article 893

For the application of article

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Title II: Provisions specific to the Department of Mayotte

Article 895

For the application of the third paragraph of article 527, the opposition period is extended to two months if the accused does not reside in the département.

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Title II: Provisions specific to the Department of Mayotte

Article 896

Articles 892 and 893 are applicable before the police court.

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Title II: Provisions specific to the Department of Mayotte

Article 884

…Denis de La Réunion ruling on an appeal against an order of the investigating judge or the liberty and custody judge of the Mamoudzou judicial court or on an application concerning proceedings before…

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