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Showing 151–160 of 41342 articles for “Art. 1303 to 1303-4”
Whatever the penalty incurred, the accused may, by letter addressed to the president of the court and which will be attached to the record of the proceedings, request to be tried in his absence by bei…
If the accused cannot, due to his state of health, appear before the court and if there are serious reasons not to defer the judgment of the case, the court orders, by special reasoned decision, that…
…a defence counsel is compulsory when the accused is suffering from a disability of such a nature as to compromise his defence.
…e of the assessors designated by him, after having, if necessary, informed the accused of his right to be assisted by an interpreter, establishes his identity and gives notice of the document that has…
No one is entitled to declare that he is in default if he is present at the start of the hearing.
…accused person who has not appeared and has not been excused shall be tried by a judgement contradictoire to be served, unless the provisions of Article 411 are applied. If a lawyer appears to defend…
Where, in the case of the preceding article, no diligence having been taken by the tutor, a member of the family council considers that the minor is capable of being emancipated, he may request the gu…
…of Article 432. However, the judge may, by specially reasoned decision and on the advice of the doctor mentioned in article 431, decide that there is no need to proceed with his hearing if it is like…
The judicial support measure relates to the management of social benefits chosen by the judge, when the measure is pronounced, from a list set by decree. The judge rules on any difficulties that may a…
When the victim wishes to act as a civil party and requests the appointment of a lawyer after having been informed of this right pursuant to 3° of Article 10-2, the public prosecutor, notified by the…
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