For the application of article 264-1, the prefect’s order apportioning the number of jurors pursuant to article 260 is issued before the end of January each year or, in Paris, before the end of March. Failing this, the apportionment resulting from the order drawn up the previous year remains valid.
After carrying out the drawing of lots provided for by Article 261, the mayor shall send an original copy of the preparatory list of the annual list of the jury of assizes to the clerk’s office of the court in which the assize court has its seat before 15 April, in accordance with the first paragraph of article 261-1.
The mayor also sends the documents provided for in article R. 2-1 to the persons drawn by lot before this date.
The commission provided for by Article 262 meets during the month of June to draw up the annual list of jurors in accordance with article 263.