French Code of Criminal Procedure
In forceThe court clerk shall notify the president of the court or the first president of the court of appeal of the filing of the application. The judgment or ruling is not enforceable and no decision may be made on the merits until a ruling has been made on the said application.
As soon as the Registrar has received the appeal and the application, he shall forward the latter to the President of the Criminal Division together with a copy of the judgment or ruling and the statement of appeal.
The President of the Criminal Division shall rule on the application by order within eight days of receipt of this file.
If he rejects the application, the judgment or ruling shall be enforceable and the court or court of appeal shall rule on the merits; no appeal shall be admissible against the president's order and the appeal shall then be heard only at the same time as the appeal lodged against the judgment or ruling on the merits.
If, in the interests of public policy or the proper administration of justice, the President grants the application, he shall fix the date on which the appeal is to be heard.
The Criminal Division must rule within two months of the President's order, and no objection may be raised before it on the grounds that the appeal lodged against the decision taken does not have suspensive effect. Enforcement of the judgment or ruling shall be suspended until the judgment of the Criminal Division.
The provisions of Article 570 and this Article shall apply to appeals against preparatory, interlocutory or investigative judgments handed down by the investigating divisions with the exception of the judgments referred to in the third paragraph of Article 570.
Where the President of the Criminal Division immediately declares admissible an appeal lodged against a judgment of the Investigating Chamber, seised pursuant to Article 173, he may order the investigating judge hearing the case to suspend his investigation, with the exception of urgent acts.
