Article 528-1
A criminal order that has not been opposed has the effects of a judgment that has become res judicata. However, it does not have the authority of res judicata with regard to the civil action for damag…
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A criminal order that has not been opposed has the effects of a judgment that has become res judicata. However, it does not have the authority of res judicata with regard to the civil action for damag…
Where the court, ruling on the civil action, has ordered provisional payment, in whole or in part, of the damages awarded, such provisional enforcement may be halted, on appeal, by the first president…
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…
If the 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 prosecut…
Where the contested decision is a judgment of 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 tim…
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…
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…
The withdrawal of the appeal is recorded by order of the President of the Criminal Division.
Service of a decision on a person by bailiff is equivalent to personal service, if the person is detained, by the head of the prison or, if the person is on the premises of a criminal court, by a cour…
The Criminal Division hearing an appeal against the judgment committing the offender to trial or ordering that the offender be referred to the Criminal Court must rule within three months of receipt o…
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