During the time limits for the appeal in cassation and, if there has been an appeal, until the judgment of the Court of Cassation has been delivered, the execution of the judgment of the Court of Appeal shall be stayed, except in respect of civil sentences, and unless the Court of Appeal confirms the warrant issued by the court pursuant to Article 464-1 or article 465, first paragraph, or does not itself award a mandate under the same conditions and according to the same rules.
Judicial supervision and electronically monitored house arrest cease, unless the Court of Appeal decides otherwise, when it pronounces an unsuspended or probationary prison sentence. Where a bond has been provided, the provisions of the first and second paragraphs of Article 142-2 and the second paragraph of article 142-3 are applicable.
In the event of an acquittal, an exemption from punishment or a sentence of either imprisonment with a simple suspended sentence or a probationary suspended sentence, or a fine, the accused in custody shall, notwithstanding any appeal, be released immediately after the judgment.
The same shall apply in the event of a prison sentence, where pre-trial detention has been ordered or maintained under the conditions provided for in paragraph 1 as soon as the duration of the detention has reached that of the sentence pronounced.
The third paragraph of Article 498-1 is applicable in the event of an appeal in cassation lodged against a sentencing judgment handed down under the conditions provided for in l’article 410.