Article 351
If it emerges from the proceedings that the offence has a legal classification other than that given by the decision to bring the indictment, the President shall put one or more subsidiary questions.…
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If it emerges from the proceedings that the offence has a legal classification other than that given by the decision to bring the indictment, the President shall put one or more subsidiary questions.…
To record the completion of the prescribed formalities, the Registrar shall draw up minutes which shall be signed by the President and by the said Registrar. The minutes shall be drawn up and signed w…
The chairman has the police of the hearing and the direction of the debates. He rejects anything that would tend to compromise their dignity or prolong them without giving reason to hope for greater c…
The president counts each ballot in the presence of the members of the court and jury who may check the ballot papers. He shall immediately record the result of the vote in the margin or following the…
Subject to the provisions of Article 309, the public prosecutor and the parties' lawyers may put questions directly to the accused, the civil party, the witnesses and all persons called to the stand,…
In the event of a contradiction between two or more answers, the chairman may call for a new vote.
If the defendants do not agree to challenge, the lot settles among themselves the rank in which they make the challenges. In this case, jurors challenged by one, and in that order, are challenged by a…
If order is disturbed by the accused himself, the provisions of Article 321 shall be applied to him. The accused, when expelled from the courtroom, shall be kept by the police, until the end of the pr…
If one or more aggravating circumstances, not mentioned in the committal order, emerge from the proceedings, the chairman will ask one or more special questions.
A note of the decisions taken is made on the question sheet, which is signed during the sitting by the president and by the first juror designated by lot or, if he or she is unable to sign, by the jur…
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