Where the case is set at short notice by the president of the chamber, the appellant shall serve the statement of appeal within ten days of receipt of the notice of setting which is sent to him by the clerk’s office, failing which the statement of appeal shall lapse, raised ex officio by the president of the chamber or the magistrate designated by the first president; however, if, in the meantime, the respondent has constituted a lawyer before service of the statement of appeal, his lawyer shall be served.
On pain of nullity, the writ of service shall indicate to the respondent that, if he fails to constitute a lawyer within a period of fifteen days from the date of service, he is liable to have a judgment given against him solely on the basis of the information provided by his opponent and that, if he fails to conclude within the period referred to in Article 905-2, he runs the risk of his pleadings being declared inadmissible of his own motion.