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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 5: Judgment

Article D45-2-1-1

The deferred committal order issued by the criminal court pursuant to 3° of I or III of Article 464-2 shall immediately be signed by the president of the criminal court at the end of the hearing and a…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 5: Judgment

Article D45-2-7

The person against whom a warrant of committal with deferred effect has been issued shall be informed that if he or she fails, except on legitimate grounds or, in the absence of provisional execution,…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 5: Judgment

Article D45-2-4

The period between the date on which the person is informed of the date and time of his incarceration, at the end of the hearing or subsequently, and the date on which he is to be incarcerated may not…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 5: Judgment

Article D45-2-6

…with deferred effect is issued against a person who is detained for another reason, the provisions of articles D. 45-2-3 and D. 48-2-5 providing for the convicted person to be summoned, a date for in…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 5: Judgment

Article D45-2-3

…exceed one month before the public prosecutor, if such a summons has been issued to him, at the end of the hearing when he was present or at a later date if he was not present ; 2° To report to the pr…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 5: Judgment

Article D45-2-2

Where the total term of imprisonment, including any revocation of a suspended sentence, is more than one year, the criminal court which does not issue a warrant for arrest or detention pursuant to Art…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 5: Other service providers

Article L775-34

I.- Subject to the provisions of II, the provisions of the articles mentioned in the left-hand column of the following table shall apply in the Wallis and Futuna Islands, in the wording indicated in t…

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French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Chapter IV: PROVISIONS APPLICABLE IN THE WALLIS AND FUTUNA ISLANDS

Article R364-3

…ollowing provisions are applicable in the Wallis and Futuna Islands in their wording resulting from Decree no. 2020-1734 of 16 December 2020, unless otherwise stated in the table below.Articles applic…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter II: Donation and use of elements and products of the human body.

Article L1522-2

Article L. 1220-1 and Chapter I of Title II of Book II of this Part in the version resulting from Order No. 2017-51 of 19 January 2017, with the exception of Articles L. 1221-2 and L. 1221-9, are appl…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 10: Digital asset service providers

Article D775-36

The provisions of the articles mentioned in the left-hand column of the following table shall apply to the Wallis and Futuna Islands, in the wording indicated in the right-hand column of the same tabl…

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