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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Chapter II: Simplified procedure

Article 528-1

A criminal order that has not been opposed has the effects of a judgment that has become res judicata. However, it does not have the authority of res judicata with regard to the civil action for damag…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 1: Provisions applicable to certain contraventions

Article 529-1

The amount of the fixed fine may be paid either to the ticketing officer at the time the offence is recorded or to the service indicated in the notice of offence within forty-five days of the offence…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 9: The fixed fine procedure applicable to certain offences

Article 495-17

Where provided for by law, public proceedings are extinguished by payment of a fixed fine set by law, which may not exceed the amount provided for in the first paragraph of Article 131-13 of the Penal…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 9: The fixed fine procedure applicable to certain offences

Article 495-19

The writ of execution referred to in the last paragraph of article 495-18 is enforced in accordance with the rules laid down in this code for the enforcement of correctional judgements. The statute of…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 9: The fixed fine procedure applicable to certain offences

Article 495-18

The fixed fine must be paid within forty-five days of the offence being recorded or, if the offence notice is sent to the person concerned at a later date, within forty-five days of it being sent, unl…

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

Article 515-1

Where the court, ruling on the civil action, has ordered provisional payment, in whole or in part, of the damages awarded, such provisional enforcement may be halted, on appeal, by the first president…

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

Article 520-1

In the event of an appeal against an order made pursuant to article 495-11, the court shall hear the case and rule on the merits without being able to impose a more severe sentence than that approved…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 2a: Provisions applicable to certain breaches of the Highway Code

Article 529-10

When the fixed fine notice concerning one of the offences mentioned in article L. 121-3 of the Highway Code has been sent to the holder of the registration certificate or to the persons referred to in…

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

Article 559-1

If the writ is a service of a decision, the bailiff must have completed the steps provided for in Articles 555 to 559 within a maximum period of forty-five days from the request of the public prosecut…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Chapter I: Applications for review and reconsideration

Article 622-1

A review of a final criminal judgment may be requested for the benefit of any person convicted of an offence where it follows from a judgment of the European Court of Human Rights that the conviction…

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