For the application of the provisions of the third paragraph of Article 83-1, where the investigation has been opened in a court where there is no investigating division, the examining magistrate who requests that these proceedings be co-investigated or, following a request from the public prosecutor or a request from the parties, agrees to such co-investigation, issues an order relinquishing jurisdiction to the co-investigating division for the purposes of co-investigation. He then sends a copy of his file, via the president of his court, to the president of the judicial court where the division is located.
Within one month of receiving the file, the president of the judicial court where the division is located appoints the examining magistrate in charge of the investigation as well as the co-investigating magistrate(s). A copy of this decision is immediately sent, by any means, to the examining magistrate of the court in which there is no centre, who is then relinquished of the case file, and who sends the original of the case file to the co-investigating magistrates.
If the president of the court does not order the co-investigating judge to take over the case, a copy of the file is returned to the investigating judge, and the provisions of the fourth paragraph of Article 83-1 are applied, where applicable.