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Showing 20212030 of 55956 articles for Art. Decree 2012-118 of 30 January 2012

French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Title II: Provisions applicable in New Caledonia, French Polynesia and the Wallis and Futuna Islands

Article R273

For the application of Article R. 49-1, the last sentence of the second paragraph and the third and fourth paragraphs are deleted.

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Title II: Provisions applicable in New Caledonia, French Polynesia and the Wallis and Futuna Islands

Article R287

For the application of article R. 53-40, the references made to the highway code, the public health code, the forestry code, the code of public houses and the rural and maritime fishing code are only…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Title II: Provisions applicable in New Caledonia, French Polynesia and the Wallis and Futuna Islands

Article R291

…cle R. 66-1 is worded as follows: "Art. R. 66-1.-For the persons referred to in the first paragraph of Article R. 62, the forms are sent to the chief clerk of the court of first instance, either on pa…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Title II: Provisions applicable in New Caledonia, French Polynesia and the Wallis and Futuna Islands

Article R302

…hall read as follows: "Art. R. 77.-Before drawing up bulletin no. 1 for a natural person, the clerk of the court of first instance shall check the civil status of the person concerned; if the result o…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Chapter II: Judicial remedies to guarantee the right to respect for dignity in detention

Article R249-36

The decisions provided for in sections 2 to 5 of this chapter may, within ten days of their notification, be appealed to the President of the Investigating Chamber or the President of the Penal Enforc…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Title II: Provisions applicable in New Caledonia, French Polynesia and the Wallis and Futuna Islands

Article R253

…ed pursuant to this Code are pronounced in local currency, taking into account the equivalent value of the euro in that currency..

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Title II: Provisions applicable in New Caledonia, French Polynesia and the Wallis and Futuna Islands

Article R277

For the application of article R. 49-8-1 in New Caledonia, the reference to article "529-3" is replaced by the reference to article "850-1" and the reference to "II of article 529-4" is replaced by th…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Title II: Provisions applicable in New Caledonia, French Polynesia and the Wallis and Futuna Islands

Article R293

Article R. 68 is worded as follows: "Art. R. 68.-The records are filed in the criminal record of the court of first instance in alphabetical order and for each person in order of the date of the judgm…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Title II: Provisions applicable in New Caledonia, French Polynesia and the Wallis and Futuna Islands

Article R252

I. - For the application of this Code in New Caledonia, French Polynesia and the Wallis and Futuna Islands, the terms listed below are replaced as follows:1° "département" by "collectivité d'outre-mer…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Title II: Provisions applicable in New Caledonia, French Polynesia and the Wallis and Futuna Islands

Article R271

Article R. 48 shall read as follows: "Art. R. 48.-The officer responsible for recovering fines shall proceed with recovery of the criminal order on expiry of the thirty-day period from the date of dis…

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