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Article R144 of the French Code of Criminal Procedure

Sessional and subsistence allowances for the duration of the session are payable for each day on which the regular or additional juror was present at the call to contribute to the formation of the judging jury. Additional jurors are entitled to sessional allowances only if they have been entered on the service list.

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Article R145 of the French Code of Criminal Procedure

The clerk of the assize court shall issue, day by day, to the members of the criminal jury who so request, the certifications corresponding to the daily allowances to which they are entitled. Mention of these partial certifications shall be made on the copy of the notification issued pursuant to article 267 of this code and shall then be deducted from the final certification.

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Article R146 of the French Code of Criminal Procedure

When a juror is unable to meet the costs of his or her travel, he or she shall be issued, if he or she so requests and upon presentation of an order issued by the president of the judicial court of his or her residence, with an advance on the compensation that will be due to him or her. The amount of this advance shall be determined in accordance with…

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Article R147 of the French Code of Criminal Procedure

In the cases provided for in articles 54, 56, 97 and 151, compensation shall only be granted for the custody of seals where it has not been deemed appropriate to entrust such custody to residents of the building where the seals have been affixed. In such cases, the following shall be allocated for each day, during the first month, to the custodian appointed ex officio: In Paris: 0.46 euro; In…

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Article R148 of the French Code of Criminal Procedure

Animals and all perishable objects, for whatever cause they are seized, may not remain in the pound or under sequestration for more than eight days. After this period, provisional release must, in principle, be granted. If they must or cannot be returned, they shall be put up for sale, and the pound fees shall be taken from the proceeds of the sale by lien and in preference to all others.

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Article R149 of the French Code of Criminal Procedure

The provisional release of animals and perishable objects from sequestration is ordered by the president of the judicial court or by the investigating judge, subject to security and payment of the pound and sequestration costs. If the said animals or objects are to be sold, the sale is ordered by the same magistrates. This sale is carried out by auction at the nearest market at the behest of the accounting…

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Article R154 of the French Code of Criminal Procedure

In the event of the accused being transferred either to another investigating court or to another Assize Court, if they have already received a copy of the documents prescribed in Article 279, they may not be issued with a new copy paid for out of the general costs of criminal, correctional and police justice. But any accused person, referred to the Assize Court, may have a copy of the pleadings…

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