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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Chapter III: Appeals to the Court of Cassation

Article 596

In criminal cases and where the accused has been convicted, if the judgment has pronounced a penalty other than that applied by law to the nature of the crime, the annulment of the judgment may be pur…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Chapter IV: Final proceedings before the Police Court

Article 534

Before the day of the hearing, the president may, at the request of the public prosecutor or the civil party, estimate the damages or have them estimated, draw up reports or have them drawn up, and ca…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Chapter VI: Appeals against police judgements

Article 547

…d with the Court of Appeal. This appeal is lodged within the time limits set out in articles 498 to 500. The appeal is heard and decided in the same way as appeals against criminal judgments. However,…

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

Article 590

The pleadings shall contain the grounds of cassation and refer to the legal texts whose infringement is alleged. They are drawn up on a stamp, unless the applicant is a person sentenced to a criminal…

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

Article 571

…or ruling shall be suspended until the judgment of the Criminal Division. The provisions of Article 570 and this Article shall apply to appeals against preparatory, interlocutory or investigative judg…

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

Article 572

Judgments of acquittal handed down by the assize court may be appealed only in the interests of the law, and without prejudice to the acquitted party.

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

Article 565

…person whom it concerns, subject, as regards time limits for summons, to the provisions of Article 553,2°.

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

Article 574

The decision of the investigating chamber to refer the accused to the criminal court or police court may only be challenged before the Cour de cassation where it rules, of its own motion or on a plea…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Chapter III: Appeals to the Court of Cassation

Article 592

Such decisions shall be declared null and void where they are not given by the prescribed number of judges or where they have been given by judges who did not attend all the hearings in the case. Wher…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Chapter III: Appeals to the Court of Cassation

Article 598

Where the sentence handed down is the same as that imposed by the law applicable to the offence, no one may seek to have the judgment set aside on the pretext that there has been an error in the citat…

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