Where the accused, the civil party or the person civilly liable lodges an appeal, on a principal or incidental basis, against a judgment which has been rendered by the correctional court composed of its president alone and the appeal must be examined by the correctional appeals chamber of the court of appeal composed of its president alone pursuant to the second paragraph of Article 510, the form of the statement of appeal made pursuant to articles 502 or 503 must include a statement informing the appellant of his right to request, in accordance with the second paragraph of article 510, by a supplementary statement within one month of the appeal being lodged and in accordance with the procedures set out in the first and third paragraphs of Article 502 or in the first and second paragraphs of Article 503, that the appeal be examined by a collegiate body.
If this is not stated in the statement of appeal, the president of the criminal appeals chamber of the court of appeal must, at the beginning of the hearing, inform the appellant of his right to request that the case be referred to a panel.