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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 1: Deliberations of the Assize Court

Article 365-1

…and which was set out during the deliberations conducted by the court and jury pursuant to Article 356, prior to the votes on the questions. The statement of reasons shall also consist of a statement…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Chapter VIII: Default in criminal matters

Article 379-6

The provisions of this chapter shall apply to persons remanded for related offences. The court may, however, on the application of the public prosecutor and after hearing the observations of the parti…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 1: Deliberations of the Assize Court

Article 361-1

If, when the provisions of Article 349-1, the Assize Court has answered the first question in the affirmative and the second in the negative, it finds the accused guilty. If it has answered negatively…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 4: Judgment and minutes

Article 379-1

The minutes of the judgments handed down by the assize court are collected and deposited at the registry of the judicial court, the seat of the said court. However, the minutes of judgments handed dow…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Chapter VIII: Default in criminal matters

Article 379-2

…en issued. The provisions of this chapter shall not apply in the cases provided for in the articles 320 and 322. Nor do they apply if the absence of the convicted person during the trial is noted, eve…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 2: Formation of the jury

Article 304-1

…uling on appeal is to rule solely on the sentence, the speech to the jurors provided for in Article 304 is amended as follows: 1° The words: "the charges to be brought against X ..." are replaced by t…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 4: Closure of debates and reading of questions

Article 351-1

The chairman may not ask one or more of the questions provided for in Articles 350 or 351 only if he has previously informed the parties of this during the debates and at the latest before the closing…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 1: General provisions

Article 380-6

…he may also request the application of the provisions of this paragraph, as well as that of article 375.

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 1: General provisions

Article 316-1

A copy of the file is made available to the assessors.

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 1: General provisions

Article 380-4

…tenced to a custodial sentence in accordance with the provisions of the second paragraph of Article 367.

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