The Registrar of the Court of Cassation shall, without delay, notify a copy of the statement in response to the appellant by simple letter. In the event of a cross-appeal, he shall notify a copy of the statement of case provided for in paragraph 1 of article 1010.
If a lawyer at the Conseil d’Etat and the Cour de Cassation has declared to the clerk’s office that he is representing a party, the notification provided for in Article 990 or to Article 992 is replaced by a notification made to that lawyer. The delivery to the lawyer, against a receipt, of a copy of the pleading, bearing the date stamp of the court registry, is equivalent to notification.
In addition to the original, there shall be produced by the plaintiff as many copies of his pleading as there are defendants and by the defendant as many copies of the reply pleading as there are plaintiffs. These copies shall be certified as true by the signatory of the pleading.
If the appeal has been lodged in accordance with the rules of procedure with compulsory representation, it is nonetheless admissible regardless of the procedure subsequently followed. The defendant is not required to be represented by a lawyer at the Conseil d’Etat and the Cour de cassation.
The provisions specific to appeals on points of law are those of the following articles of the Electoral Code: Art. R. 19-1 .-An appeal on points of law shall be lodged within ten days of notification of the decision of the judicial court. In all cases, the prefect is entitled to lodge the appeal. It does not have suspensive effect. Art. R. 19-2 -An appeal is lodged by means of…
The time limit for lodging an appeal to the Supreme Court is ten days unless otherwise provided. The appeal shall be lodged by an oral or written statement which the party, or any agent with a special power of attorney, shall make, deliver or send by registered post to the registry of the court which handed down the contested decision.
In addition to the particulars prescribed by 2° and 3° of Article 54 and by the third paragraph of Article 57, the statement designates the contested decision.
The Registrar shall register the appeal. He shall mention the date on which it is lodged and shall issue, or send by ordinary letter, a receipt for the declaration, which shall reproduce the content of Articles 1004 and 1005.
The Registrar shall forthwith send the defendant a copy of the declaration by registered letter with acknowledgement of receipt. This notification reproduces the content of Article 1006.
The Registrar shall transmit to the Registry of the Court of Cassation the case file together with: -a copy of the statement; -a copy of the contested decision. He shall immediately forward to the clerk’s office of the Court of Cassation any documents that he may subsequently receive.
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