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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 1: Exercise of the right of appeal

Article 509

…al within the limits set by the notice of appeal in accordance with the second paragraph of Article 502 and by the status of the appellant as set out in Article 515. Where the limitation of the scope…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 1: Exercise of the right of appeal

Article 505

…e day on which the decision is handed down. Without prejudice to the application of articles 498 to 500, the other parties then have a period of five days to lodge a cross-appeal. Even in the absence…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 1: Exercise of the right of appeal

Article 500

In the event of an appeal by one of the parties within the above time limits, the other parties have a further five days in which to lodge an appeal.

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 3: Proceedings before the Criminal Appeals Chamber

Article 520

If the judgment is set aside for violation or unremedied omission of forms prescribed by law on pain of nullity, the court shall evoke and rule on the merits..

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Chapter II: Simplified procedure

Article 524

…sed by the contravention has summoned the accused directly before the order provided for in Article 525.

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Title IV: Citations and meanings

Article 558

…s at least equal to that set, taking into account the distance from the person's home, by l'article 552.

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Chapter III: Appeals to the Court of Cassation

Article 595

When the Examining Magistrate's Chamber rules on the settlement of proceedings, all pleas alleging that the information is null and void must be submitted to it, failing which the parties are no longe…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Chapter III: Referral to the Police Court

Article 532

A warning issued by the public prosecutor dispenses with a summons if it is followed by the voluntary appearance of the person to whom it is addressed. It indicates the offence prosecuted and refers t…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Chapter IV: Final proceedings before the Police Court

Article 541

If the police court considers that the act does not constitute an offence under criminal law, or that the act is not established, or that it is not attributable to the accused, it shall dismiss the ac…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Chapter IV: Final proceedings before the Police Court

Article 543

The following articles 475-1 to 486 concerning court fees and costs, the return of items placed in the hands of the courts and the form of judgments. However, the provisions of Article 480-1 only appl…

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