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

Article 529-8

The amount of the fixed fine may be paid either into the hands of the ticketing officer when the offence is established, or within fifteen days of the offence being established or, if the notice of of…

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

Article 498-1

For a judgment sentencing a person to a fixed term of imprisonment or a term of imprisonment suspended in part, handed down under the conditions provided for in article 410 and which has not been serv…

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

Article 502

The statement of appeal must be made to the registrar of the court that handed down the contested decision.The statement shall indicate whether the appeal concerns the decision on the public prosecuti…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 2: Provisions applicable to certain offences against the rules governing public land transport services

Article 529-6

I. - For offences for non-payment of tolls recorded by sworn agents of the operator of a motorway or road structure open to public traffic and subject to tolls, including in the context of Article L.…

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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 495-24-2

When the public prosecution for an offence that has caused harm to a victim is extinguished by the payment of a fixed fine for a misdemeanour, the victim may nevertheless ask the public prosecutor to…

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

Article 499

…s rendered by default or by iterative default, the time limit for appeal only runs from the service of the judgment, regardless of the method of service..

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

Article 515

The court may, on the appeal of the public prosecutor, either confirm the judgment or reverse it in whole or in part in a manner favourable or unfavourable to the accused.The court may not, on the sol…

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

Article 529-2

Within the time limit stipulated in the previous article, the offender must pay the amount of the fixed fine, unless, within the same time limit, he submits a request for exemption to the service indi…

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

Article 495-20

…ed for in article 495-19 is only admissible if it is sent by registered letter with acknowledgement of receipt, using the form attached to the fixed fine or increased fixed fine notice, and if it is a…

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