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Article 604 of the French Code of Criminal Procedure

The Court of Cassation, in any criminal, correctional or police case, may rule on the appeal immediately after the expiry of a period of ten days from receipt of the case file.

It must rule as a matter of urgency and as a matter of priority and, in any event, before the expiry of a period of three months from receipt of the case file when the appeal is lodged against a decision to refer the case to the Assize Court. However, in the cases provided for in Article 571, this period is reduced to two months.

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Article 604
La Cour de cassation, en toute affaire criminelle, correctionnelle ou de police, peut statuer sur le pourvoi aussitôt après l’expiration d’un délai de dix jours à compter de la réception du dossier.


Elle doit statuer d’urgence et par priorité et, en tout cas, avant l’expiration d’un délai de trois mois à compter de la réception du dossier lorsque le pourvoi est formé contre un arrêt de renvoi en cour d’assises. Toutefois, dans les cas prévus à l’article 571, ce délai est réduit à deux mois.

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