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If the departmental criminal court considers, during or after the hearings, that the facts before it constitute a crime punishable by thirty years' imprisonment or life imprisonment, it refers the cas…
The decision concerning civil interests may be set up against the insurer who intervened in the proceedings or was notified under the conditions provided for by article 388-2.
Where the assize court ruling at first instance on the civil action has ordered the provisional payment, in whole or in part, of the damages awarded, such provisional enforcement may be halted, on app…
After taking written observations from the public prosecutor and the parties or their lawyers, the first president of the court of appeal shall designate the assize court responsible for deciding the…
The appeal shall be lodged within ten days of the delivery of the judgment. However, the time limit shall run only from the service of the judgment, by whatever method, on the party who was not presen…
By way of derogation from Chapters I to V of Subtitle I of this Title, adults accused of a crime punishable by fifteen years or twenty years of criminal imprisonment, when it is not committed in a sta…
Where the appellant is a prisoner, the appeal may be made by means of a declaration to the head of the prison. This declaration shall be recorded, dated and signed by the head of the penal establishme…
In the event of prosecution by summons as provided for in article 390 or summons as provided for in article 390-1, the parties or their lawyer may, before any defence on the merits or at any time duri…
An appeal against the decisions of the departmental criminal court shall be heard by the assize court under the conditions laid down in subtitle I of this title for appeals against judgments handed do…
In the event of an appeal by one party, within the above time limits, the other parties shall have a further five days in which to lodge an appeal.
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