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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Chapter II: Simplified procedure

Article 528-2

…vil interests if the criminal order has been opposed within the time limits provided for in Article 527 and no later than the opening of the hearing; On civil interests only if no opposition has been…

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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

…ee paragraphs of Article L. 121-2 of this code, the request for exoneration provided for by article 529-2 or the claim provided for by article 530 is only admissible if it is sent by registered letter…

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

Article 559-1

…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 prosecutor or t…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Chapter I: Decisions that may be challenged and conditions of appeal

Article 568-1

…an investigating chamber, ruling under the conditions set out in the fourth paragraph of Article 695-31 or the fourth paragraph of Article 695-46, the time limit for appeal mentioned in the first par…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 3: Common provisions

Article 530-3

A decree in the Conseil d'Etat shall set the amount of fixed fines and indemnities, reduced fixed fines and increased fixed fines as well as the costs of setting up the case and shall specify the term…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Chapter I: Decisions that may be challenged and conditions of appeal

Article 574-2

…inal Division of the Court of Cassation hearing an appeal against a judgment referred to in Article 568-1 shall rule within forty days of the date of the appeal. The applicant for judicial review or h…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 3: Common provisions

Article 530-6

For the application of the provisions relating to the fixed fine, the place of automated processing of nominative information relating to offences recorded by an official report drawn up in digital fo…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Chapter II: Forms of appeal

Article 585-1

Unless a dispensation is granted by the President of the Criminal Division, the brief of a plaintiff who has been convicted of a criminal offence must reach the registry of the Court of Cassation no l…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Chapter I: Decisions that may be challenged and conditions of appeal

Article 567-1

If the President of the Criminal Division finds that an appeal has been lodged against a decision that is not subject to appeal, he shall make an order not to admit the appeal. His decision is not sub…

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