Where at least one of the offences prosecuted falls within a category of offences for the trial of which the court has, pursuant to the provisions of this code, concurrent and specialised territorial jurisdiction extending over the jurisdiction of several judicial courts or over the whole of the territory, the first president of the court of appeal may decide, in the interests of the proper administration of justice, because of the disproportion between, on the one hand, the physical capacity of the court and, on the other hand, the number of civil parties, that the proceedings of the hearing will be the subject, in accordance with the procedures specified by order of the Minister of Justice, of an audio recording enabling it to be broadcast on a deferred basis, by a means of telecommunication guaranteeing the confidentiality of the transmission, to the civil parties who have requested it. The president of the criminal court may, however, order that all or part of the proceedings be prohibited from being broadcast in order to ensure the serenity of the proceedings or to prevent a disturbance to public order.
Recording the proceedings or distributing them to third parties is punishable by one year’s imprisonment and a €15,000 fine.