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Article 258 of the French Code of Criminal Procedure

Persons over the age of seventy or who do not have their main residence in the department in which the assize court has its seat may be exempted from jury duty when they apply to the commission provided for in Article 262.

In addition, persons may be exempted from these duties if they invoke a serious reason recognised as valid by the commission.

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Article 258

Sont dispensées des fonctions de juré les personnes âgées de plus de soixante-dix ans ou n’ayant pas leur résidence principale dans le département siège de la cour d’assises lorsqu’elles en font la demande à la commission prévue par l’article 262.

Peuvent, en outre, être dispensées de ces fonctions les personnes qui invoquent un motif grave reconnu valable par la commission.

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