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Article 505 of the French Code of Criminal Procedure

In the event of a sentencing judgment, the Public Prosecutor may also lodge his appeal within twenty days of the day on which the decision is handed down.

Without prejudice to the application of articles 498 to 500, the other parties then have a period of five days to lodge a cross-appeal. Even in the absence of a cross-appeal, the court of appeal may, in the event of an appeal brought by the public prosecutor alone pursuant to this article, impose a lesser sentence than that imposed by the criminal court.

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Article 505

En cas de jugement de condamnation, le procureur général peut également former son appel dans le délai de vingt jours à compter du jour du prononcé de la décision.

Sans préjudice de l’application des articles 498 à 500, les autres parties ont alors un délai de cinq jours pour interjeter appel incident. Même en l’absence d’appel incident, la cour d’appel peut, en cas d’appel formé par le seul procureur général en application du présent article, prononcer une peine moins importante que celle prononcée par le tribunal correctionnel.

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