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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Chapter VI: Criminal records

Article R297

…verseas collectivities or in New Caledonia and convicted by a French criminal court other than that of their place of birth, the forms provided for in articles R. 65 and R. 67, paragraph 2, and the no…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Paragraph 1: Presentation of statements and briefs

Article R222

Stakeholders shall draw up and send their statements and bills of costs, together with supporting documents, in electronic form. To this end, they shall use the teleservice designated by the Minister…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Chapter V: Compensation in the event of dismissal, discharge or acquittal

Article R249-2

…icle 800-2 includes compensation for legal fees incurred by the person being prosecuted, the amount of which may not exceed the State's contribution to the remuneration of the lawyer who would have as…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Chapter II: Public prosecutions and investigations

Article R257

For the application of article R. 15-12, notifications are made by the secretary of the commission to the claimant via the military or administrative hierarchical authority, which issues a notice agai…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Chapter II: Public prosecutions and investigations

Article R261-1

For the application of article R. 15-33-29-3 in New Caledonia and French Polynesia, the references to the General Local Authorities Code provided for by this article are replaced by references to the…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Chapter III: Trial courts

Article R266

Meetings are being held in Nouméa, Papeete and Mata-Utu.

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Chapter III: Trial courts

Article R276

…icle R. 49-7, the following paragraph is added: "For New Caledonia and French Polynesia, the amount of the increased fixed fine is set by the Congress of New Caledonia and the Council of Ministers of…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Paragraph 4: Mortgage registrations required by the Public Prosecutor's Office

Article R219

The costs of mortgage registrations taken ex officio by the Public Prosecutor shall be ordered by the heads of court or their delegates, subject to subsequent recovery against the interested parties.

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Title I: Provisions applicable in the overseas departments, Saint-Barthélemy, Saint-Martin and Saint-Pierre-et-Miquelon

Article R250

This Code, as well as the regulations amending it, is applicable to the departments of Guadeloupe, French Guiana, Martinique, Reunion Island, the collectivities of Saint-Barthélemy, Saint-Martin and S…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Title I: Provisions applicable in the overseas departments, Saint-Barthélemy, Saint-Martin and Saint-Pierre-et-Miquelon

Article R250-2

For their application in Saint-Barthélemy and Saint-Martin, the words: "département prefect" are replaced by the words: "State representative in the collectivity".

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