Challenges against several judges must, on pain of inadmissibility, be requested by the same document unless a ground for challenge subsequently becomes apparent. The application shall be lodged, investigated and judged in accordance with the provisions of the articles in articles 341 to 348.
Any application for recusal against the first president of the court of appeal and any application for dismissal on grounds of legitimate suspicion against the court of appeal as a whole must be the subject of an application addressed to the first president of the Court of Cassation who, after receiving the opinion of the public prosecutor at the said court, shall rule without debate by means of an order….
Referral on grounds of public security shall be made by the Court of Cassation at the request of the public prosecutor attached to the said court.
If the application is justified, the case shall be referred either to another formation of the court originally seised, or to another court of the same nature as that court. The decision shall be binding on the parties and on the referring court. It is not subject to appeal.
The proceedings are not suspended before the court whose removal is requested. The first president of the Cour de cassation may, however, order that the proceedings be suspended until the decision on the application for referral.
In the event of a referral, the procedure shall be as set out in Article 82.
The application for authorisation of the prise à partie procedure shall be brought before the first president of the court of appeal within whose jurisdiction the judge concerned sits.
The application is presented by a lawyer. On pain of inadmissibility, it shall contain a statement of the facts of which the judge is accused and shall be accompanied by supporting documents.
The first president, after obtaining the opinion of the public prosecutor at the court of appeal, verifies that the application is based on one of the cases of taking sides provided for by law.
The decision of the first president authorising the party-in-chief procedure sets the day on which the case will be heard by two chambers of the court combined. The court registry shall bring the decision to the attention of the judge and the president of the court to which he belongs by any means.
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