Title XIX: Procedure applicable to sexual offences and the protection of minors who are victims

This Title shall apply to proceedings concerning the following offences:

1° Crimes of murder or assassination provided for in articles 221-1 to 221-4 of the Penal Code, when committed on a minor or when committed in a state of legal recidivism;

2° Crimes of torture or acts of barbarism provided for in articles 222-1 to 222-6 of the same code and crimes of violence against a minor of fifteen years of age resulting in permanent mutilation or infirmity provided for in article 222-10 of the said code;

3° Crimes of rape provided for in articles 222-23 to 222-26 of the same code and the offence provided for in article 222-26-1 of the same code;

4° Sexual assault offences provided for in articles 222-27 à 222-33 du même code;

5° Délits et crimes de traite des êtres humains à l'égard d'un mineur prévus aux articles 225-4-1 à 225-4-4 du même code;

6° Délit et crime de proxénétisme à l'égard d'un mineur prévus au 1° de l'article 225-7 and in Article 225-7-1 of the same code;

7° Offences involving recourse to prostitution provided for in articles 225-12-1 and 225-12-2 of the same code;

8° Offence of corruption of minors provided for in Article 227-22 of the same code;

9° Offence of sexual proposition made by an adult to a minor of fifteen years of age or to a person presenting themselves as such using an electronic means of communication, provided for in Article 227-22-1 of the same code;

10° Offences of capturing, recording, transmitting, offering, making available, disseminating, importing or exporting, acquiring or possessing a pornographic image or representation of a minor as well as the offence of habitual consultation or in return for payment of an online public communication service making available such an image or representation, provided for in Article 227-23 du même code;

11° Délits de fabrication, de transport, de diffusion ou de commerce de message violent ou pornographique susceptible d'être vu ou perçu par un mineur, prévus à l'article 227-24 du même code;

12° Délit d'incitation d'un mineur à se soumettre à une mutilation sexuelle ou à commettre cette mutilation, prévu à l'article 227-24-1 du même code;

13° Délits d'atteintes sexuelles et de tentatives d'atteinte sexuelle prévus aux articles 227-25 to 227-27-2 of the same code;

14° Délit d'incitation à commettre un crime ou un délit à l'encontre d'un mineur, prévu à l'article 227-28-3 of the same code;

15° Offences provided for in the first paragraph of Article 521-1-1 of the same code.