Book IV: Some special procedures

The Financial Public Prosecutor, the Examining Magistrate and the Paris Criminal Court exercise concurrent jurisdiction with that resulting from the application of Articles 43,52, 704 and 706-42 for the prosecution, investigation and trial of the following offences: 1° Offences provided for in articles 432-10 to 432-15,433-1 and 433-2,434-9,434-9-1,445-1 to 445-2-1 of the Criminal Code, in cases which are or would appear to be of great complexity, due in particular to…

The Financial Public Prosecutor and the Paris investigating and trial courts have sole jurisdiction for the prosecution, investigation and trial of the offences provided for in Articles L. 465-1 to L. 465-3-3 of the Monetary and Financial Code. This jurisdiction extends to related offences. The Financial Public Prosecutor and the Examining Magistrate in Paris exercise their powers throughout France. The Financial Public Prosecutor and the Examining Magistrate in Paris exercise…

The public prosecutor at a judicial court other than that of Paris may, for the offences referred to in Article 705, request the investigating judge initially seised to relinquish jurisdiction in favour of the Paris investigating court. The parties are notified in advance and invited to make their observations by the investigating judge. The order is made eight days at the earliest and one month at the latest from this…

The order made pursuant to article 705-2 may, to the exclusion of all other means of appeal, be referred within five days of its notification, at the request of the Public Prosecutor or the parties, to the Criminal Division of the Court of Cassation. Within eight days of receiving the file, the Criminal Division appoints the investigating judge responsible for continuing the investigation. The Public Prosecutor may also refer the…

The public prosecutor at the Paris court of appeal leads and coordinates, in consultation with the other public prosecutors, the conduct of public action policy for the application of Article 705.

The court seised pursuant to this chapter shall retain jurisdiction irrespective of the charges retained in the settlement or judgment of the case, subject to the application of Articles 181 and 469. If the acts constitute a contravention, the investigating judge orders the case to be referred to the competent police court pursuant to article 522.