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the delays in carrying out the sentences passed upon them or 

 their accomplices are those determined by the criminal code. 



ART. 1 66. The provisions of the code of criminal procedure 

 with regard to the prosecution of misdemeanours and offences, 

 upon summonses and delays upon defaults, oppositions, judg- 

 ments, appeals, and recourse to the court of appeal, are and 

 shall remain applicable to the prosecution of misdemeanours 

 and offences specified by the present law, except with regard to 

 the modifications resulting from the present part. 



SECTION II. PROSECUTIONS FOR MISDEMEANOURS AND OFFENCES 

 IN WOODS NOT UNDER FOREST ADMINISTRATION 



ART. 167. Misdemeanours and offences committed in the 

 woods not under forest administration shall also be inquired 

 into and verified by federal or private forest employees, as well 

 as by rural police, police, and in general by the officers of the 

 judiciary police. 



Reports drawn up by the federal employees shall be received 

 in evidence as stated in Arts. 154 and 155 of the present law. 

 Those of the private French guards shall hold good until con- 

 trary proof is given. Those of private native guards shall only 

 be regarded as reports for the information of the officials. The 

 weight given to the reports drawn up by officers of the judiciary 

 police, policeman, and the rural police is determined by the law 

 which applies to them. These reports, with the exception of 

 those drawn up by private guards, shall be registered without 

 advance payment. 



ART. 168. The provisions contained in Arts. 142, 143, 144, 

 147, 148, 149, 160, 163, and 166 as above are applicable to the 

 prosecution of misdemeanours and offences committed in words 

 not subject to forest jurisdiction. 



The provisions of Art. 146 shall be applicable to the drawing- 

 up of reports made by private guards when they are able to 

 write their reports themselves. If unable to write, these reports 

 written out by a third party shall be subject to the formality 

 of oath, and registered within the time fixed by Arts. 146 and 

 149. 



