French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 1: The court
Article 243
The court itself comprises: the president and assessors.
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The court itself comprises: the president and assessors.
The president of the assize court shall question the accused as soon as possible, after the latter's arrival at the prison and the handing over of the documents to the clerk's office. If the accused i…
If the president of the assizes is prevented from attending before the opening of the session, he is replaced by order of the first president. If the president of the assizes is prevented from attendi…
The Court of Appeal may, on the application of the Public Prosecutor, order by reasoned judgment that the assizes shall be held at the seat of a court other than the one at which they are usually held…
The President of the Assize Court is appointed by order of the First President.
If any of the jurors present do not meet the legal aptitude conditions required by articles 255,256 and 257, the court shall order that their names be struck from the list and sent to the first presid…
Any judgment modifying the composition of the session list drawn up in accordance with Article 266 shall be brought to the attention of the accused by the court clerk, without formality. The accused o…
The assize court is, at the hearing, assisted by a court clerk. In Paris and in the departments where a court of appeal sits, the duties of the registry are performed by a director of judicial registr…
If the case is not to be tried at the seat of the court of appeal, the case file is returned by the public prosecutor to the registry of the judicial court, where the assizes are held. The exhibits ar…
The accused shall not cease to be able to communicate freely with his lawyer. The lawyer may take on the spot communication of all the documents in the case file without such communication causing any…
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