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Article R41-11 of the French Code of Criminal Procedure

In application of Article 523, the police court may not be constituted by a magistrate exercising a temporary function or an honorary magistrate exercising jurisdictional functions for the trial of the following contraventions:

1° Non-public defamation provided for by article R. 621-1 of the Criminal Code;

2° Non-public insult provided for by article R. 621-2 of the Penal Code ;

3° Non-public provocation of a racist or discriminatory nature provided for by article R. 625-7 of the Penal Code;

4° Non-public defamation of a racist or discriminatory nature as provided for by Article R. 625-8 of the Criminal Code;

5° Non-public insult of a racist or discriminatory nature as provided for by Article R. 625-8-1 of the Criminal Code.

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Article R41-11

En application de l’article 523, le tribunal de police ne peut être constitué par un magistrat exerçant à titre temporaire ou un magistrat honoraire exerçant des fonctions juridictionnelles pour le jugement des contraventions suivantes :

1° Diffamation non publique prévue par l’article R. 621-1 du code pénal ;

2° Injure non publique prévue par l’article R. 621-2 du code pénal ;

3° Provocation non publique présentant un caractère raciste ou discriminatoire prévue par l’article R. 625-7 du code pénal ;


4° Diffamation non publique présentant un caractère raciste ou discriminatoire prévue par l’article R. 625-8 du code pénal ;


5° Injure non publique présentant un caractère raciste ou discriminatoire prévue par l’article R. 625-8-1 du code pénal.

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