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Showing 1931–1940 of 9215 articles for “Art. 8 janv. 1997”
In 5° of Article 706-167, the reference: "to the second and third paragraphs of Article 414 of the Customs Code" is replaced, in New Caledonia, by the reference: "to the second and third paragraphs of…
I. - All the documents referred to in this code, whether they are investigative documents, court decisions or any other procedural document, may be drawn up or converted into digital format. I. The en…
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…
Where at least one of the offences prosecuted falls within a category of offences for the trial of which the court has, pursuant to the provisions of this code, concurrent and specialised territorial…
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For the application of the right of a suspected or accused person, provided for by III of Preliminary Article, to an interpreter or a translation, the present article shall apply.If there is any doubt…
At the request of the person concerned, any court that dismisses a case, discharges the accused, acquits the accused or makes any decision other than a conviction or a declaration that the accused is…
Any person who is brought before the investigating judge after being held in police custody or detained at the request of the public prosecutor or the sentence enforcement judge must appear the same d…
In New Caledonia, where the convicted person is a minor, the service responsible for the judicial protection of children or its director carries out the duties devolved, as appropriate, to the prison…
In the Wallis and Futuna Islands, if, when the death certificate referred to in article 87 of the Civil Code, the identity of the deceased has not been established, authorisation to close the coffin m…
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