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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Paragraph 2: Voluntary appearance and summons

Article 390-2

When the time between service of the summons provided for in Article 390 or notification of the summons provided for in Article 390-1 and the court hearing is less than two months and the accused or h…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 2: Time limits and forms of appeal

Article 380-10

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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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Paragraph 1: General provisions

Article 385-1

In the cases provided for by articles 388-1 and 388-2, a plea based on a ground of nullity or on a clause of the insurance contract and seeking to exclude the insurer from the case must, on pain of fo…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Subtitle II: The departmental criminal court

Article 380-17

…same place as the assize court or, by way of exception and under the conditions set out in article 235, in another judicial court in the same département, is made up of a president and four assessors,…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Subtitle II: The departmental criminal court

Article 380-22

For the purposes of the provisions relating to legal aid, the departmental criminal court is treated in the same way as the assize court.

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Paragraph 1: General provisions

Article 385-2

As regards civil interests, the court, after giving the parties notice to conclude on the merits, shall rule in one and the same judgment on the objection of inadmissibility and on the merits of the d…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Paragraph 1: General provisions

Article 388-2

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Subtitle II: The departmental criminal court

Article 380-18

At the suggestion of the public prosecutor, the hearing of the departmental criminal court is set by its president or, at the request of the public prosecutor, by the first president of the court of a…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 7: Simplified procedure

Article 495-3

As soon as it is issued, the criminal order is forwarded to the public prosecutor who, within ten days, may either lodge an objection by declaration at the court registry, or pursue its enforcement.Th…

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French Sports CodeIn force
Chapter I: State

Article L111-3

…provided for by the provisions of this Code, with the exception of those mentioned in articles L. 232-11, L. 241-5 and L. 322-8. The civil servants reporting to the Minister responsible for sports me…

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