French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 1: General provisions
Article 315
The accused, the civil party and their lawyers may file submissions on which the court is required to rule.
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The accused, the civil party and their lawyers may file submissions on which the court is required to rule.
The President declares the debates closed. He may not summarise the pleas of the prosecution and the defence. He orders that the record of the proceedings be deposited in the hands of the clerk of the…
…on their reason. The law only asks them this one question, which contains the full extent of their duties: "Do you have a deep conviction? ". "
…egistry of the assize court. The recording may be placed under digital seal in accordance with procedures defined by order.The audiovisual sound recording may be used before the assize court, until th…
The president reads out the questions to be answered by the court and jury. This reading is not obligatory when the questions are asked in the terms of the committal order or if the accused or his def…
The Assize Court then returns to the courtroom. The president calls the accused to appear, reads out the answers made to the questions, and pronounces the judgment of conviction, absolution or acquitt…
All contentious incidents are settled by the court, the public prosecutor, the parties or their lawyers heard. These rulings cannot prejudge the merits. When the assize court examines the case on appe…
…rors may put questions to the defendants and witnesses by asking the president to speak.They have a duty not to express their opinion.
…isturbs order in any way whatsoever, the President shall order his expulsion from the courtroom.If, during the execution of this measure, he resists this order or causes an uproar, he shall, forthwith…
…the provisions of the second paragraph of Article 122-1 of the same code, custodial sentences of a duration equal to or greater than two-thirds of the sentence initially incurred may only be imposed…
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