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The Public Prosecutor notifies each of the parties and their lawyer by registered letter of the date on which the case will be called for hearing. Notification shall be made to the detained person by…
The functions of the public prosecutor with the investigating chamber are performed by the public prosecutor or his deputies; those of the registry by a registrar of the court of appeal.
The Public Prosecutor shall prepare the case for trial within forty-eight hours of receipt of the documents in matters of pre-trial detention and within ten days in all other matters; he shall submit…
In cases brought before the criminal or police courts and until the opening of the hearings, the public prosecutor, if he considers that the facts are susceptible of a more serious classification than…
The Public Prosecutor acts in the same way when he receives, subsequent to a decision by the Investigating Chamber to dismiss the case, documents which appear to him to contain new charges under the t…
It is for the public prosecutor alone to decide whether to request that the investigation be reopened on new charges.
The parties and their lawyers are allowed until the day of the hearing to produce briefs which they communicate to the public prosecutor and the other parties.These briefs are filed at the registry of…
Each court of appeal comprises at least one investigating chamber. This court is composed of a chamber president, exclusively attached to this service, and two councillors who may, if necessary, provi…
The Investigating Chamber shall meet at least once a week and, when convened by its President or at the request of the Public Prosecutor, whenever necessary..
The hearings are held and the judgment is delivered in chambers. However, if the adult defendant or his or her lawyer so requests from the outset of the proceedings, they shall be held and the judgmen…
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