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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
CHAPTER I: Powers of the Territorial Council

Article LO6461-21

Decisions to waive the obligation to deposit with the State the funds of the local authority or its public establishments, mentioned in Chapter VIII of the single title of Book VI of Part One fall wit…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
CHAPTER II : Powers of the President of the Territorial Council

Article LO6462-2

…tative of the State may, in the event that this has not been done by the president of the territorial council and after a formal notice has remained without result, exercise the attributions devolved…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
CHAPTER III: Application of laws and regulations in Saint-Pierre-et-Miquelon

Article LO6413-2

I. - Laws and, when published in the Official Journal of the French Republic, administrative acts come into force in Saint-Pierre-et-Miquelon on the date they specify or, failing that, on the day foll…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
CHAPTER II : The State representative

Article L6412-2

I. - The State representative implements the policies of the State in the local authority. He/she directs the services of the State subject to the exceptions listed exhaustively by a decree in the Con…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
CHAPTER I: Powers of the Territorial Council

Article LO6461-20

The territorial council of Saint-Pierre-et-Miquelon may authorise the opening to the public of casinos comprising separate and distinct special premises where certain games of chance are played. A dec…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
CHAPTER III: The Economic, Social and Cultural Council

Article LO6433-2

The Economic, Social and Cultural Council establishes its rules of procedure. It shall elect from among its members, by secret ballot, in accordance with the provisions of these rules, its chairman an…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Subsection 8: Relations with the State representative

Article L7122-28

The representative of the State in the territorial collectivity shall be responsible for national interests, compliance with the law and, under the conditions laid down by this code, administrative co…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Subsection 7: Functioning of elected representatives' groups

Article L7122-26

The operation of the groups of elected representatives may be the subject of deliberations without the decisions relating to the compensation system for elected representatives being modified on this…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Subsection 7: Functioning of elected representatives' groups

Article L7122-27

When the territorial collectivity of French Guyana distributes, in any form whatsoever, a general information bulletin on the achievements and management of the Assembly of French Guyana, a space is r…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 3: Allowances for holders of mandates at the Assembly of French Guyana

Article L7125-21

The councillor to the Assembly of French Guiana who holds other electoral mandates or who sits in this capacity on the board of directors of a local public establishment, of the Centre national de la…

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