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Article 167-1 of the French Code of Criminal Procedure

Where the conclusions of the expert opinion are such as to lead to the application of the provisions of the first paragraph of Article 122-1 of the Criminal Code providing that a person is not criminally responsible on account of a mental disorder, the civil party shall be notified in accordance with the conditions set out in the first paragraph of Article 167, where applicable in the presence of the expert or experts. In criminal cases, this presence is mandatory if the civil party’s lawyer so requests. The civil party then has a period of fifteen days in which to submit observations or make a request for additional or counter-expertise. The civil party is entitled to request a second expert opinion. It must be carried out by at least two experts.

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Article 167-1

Lorsque les conclusions de l’expertise sont de nature à conduire à l’application des dispositions du premier alinéa de l’article 122-1 du code pénal prévoyant l’irresponsabilité pénale de la personne en raison d’un trouble mental, leur notification à la partie civile est effectuée dans les conditions prévues par le premier alinéa de l’article 167, le cas échéant en présence de l’expert ou des experts. En matière criminelle, cette présence est obligatoire si l’avocat de la partie civile le demande. La partie civile dispose alors d’un délai de quinze jours pour présenter des observations ou formuler une demande de complément d’expertise ou de contre-expertise. La contre-expertise demandée par la partie civile est de droit. Elle doit être accomplie par au moins deux experts.

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