The Criminal Division hearing an appeal against a judgment of the Investigating Division or the Criminal Division of the Court of Appeal handed down in respect of pre-trial detention must rule within three months of receipt of the case file at the Court of Cassation, failing which the person under investigation is automatically released.
The applicant for judicial review or his lawyer must, on pain of forfeiture, file his brief setting out the grounds for judicial review within one month of receipt of the case file, unless the President of the Criminal Division exceptionally decides to extend the time limit for a period of eight days. After the expiry of this time limit, no new plea may be raised by him and no further pleadings may be lodged.
As soon as the pleading has been lodged, the President of the Criminal Division sets the date for the hearing.
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