The Criminal Division of the Court of Cassation hearing an appeal against a judgment referred to in Article 568-1 shall rule within forty days of the date of the appeal.
The applicant for judicial review or his lawyer must, on pain of forfeiture, file his statement of case setting out the grounds for judicial review within five days of receipt of the case file at the Cour de cassation. The submission of the pleading may be made by any means enabling a written record to be kept.
After the expiry of this period, no new plea may be raised by him and no further factum may be filed.
On receipt of the pleading, the President of the Criminal Division fixes the date of the hearing.