In the event of a request for a lawyer to be appointed ex officio made, in accordance with the provisions of Articles 113-3 or 116, before the investigating judge of a court in which there is an investigating division, in the course of an investigation concerning acts initially falling within the jurisdiction of a court in which there is no investigating division, this magistrate shall by any means inform the President of the Bar Association of that court, for the purpose of appointing a lawyer from that Bar Association.
If the President of the Bar does not make this appointment, the appointment is made by the President of the Bar of the court in which the centre is located, who is then informed without delay by the examining magistrate.