Book IV: Some special procedures

The territorial jurisdiction of a judicial court and an assize court may be extended to the jurisdiction of one or more courts of appeal for the investigation, prosecution, trial and judgment of crimes and offences falling within the scope of Articles 706-73, with the exception of 11°, 11° bis and 18°, 706-73-1, excluding the 11°, or 706-74, in cases that are or would appear to be of great complexity. This…

Within each judicial court whose territorial jurisdiction is extended to the jurisdiction of one or more courts of appeal, the public prosecutor and the first president, after consulting the public prosecutor and the president of the judicial court, shall respectively appoint one or more public prosecutors, investigating judges and trial judges with special responsibility for the investigation, prosecution, investigation and, in the case of misdemeanours, the trial of offences falling…

Notwithstanding the provisions of the second paragraph of Article 380-1, in the event of an appeal against a decision of an assize court whose territorial jurisdiction has been extended to the jurisdiction of one or more courts of appeal for the trial of crimes falling within the scope of articles 706-73, with the exception of 11°, 706-73-1 or 706-74, in cases that are or would appear to be of great…

The public prosecutor, the investigating judge, the specialised correctional panel of the judicial court and the assize court referred to in Article 706-75 exercise, throughout the jurisdiction determined pursuant to that article, concurrent jurisdiction with that resulting from the application of the articles 43,52,382 et 706-42. The court seised retains jurisdiction, regardless of the charges brought in the settlement or judgment of the case. However, if the facts constitute a…

The public prosecutor at a judicial court may, for offences falling within the scope of Articles 706-73, with the exception of 11° and 18°, 706-73-1 and 706-74, request the investigating judge to relinquish jurisdiction in favour of the competent investigating court pursuant to Article 706-75. The parties are notified in advance and invited to comment by the investigating judge. The order is made eight days at the earliest and one…

The order made pursuant to article 706-77 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, either to the investigating chamber if the specialised court in favour of which the relinquishment has been ordered or refused is within the jurisdiction of the court of appeal in which the court initially seised…

The magistrates mentioned in Article 706-76 and the public prosecutor at the competent court of appeal may ask specialist assistants, appointed under the conditions set out in the provisions of article 706, to take part, in accordance with the procedures set out in that article, in proceedings concerning crimes and offences falling within the scope of articles 706-73,706-73-1 or 706-74.

The Public Prosecutor at the Court of Appeal, within whose jurisdiction there is a court with jurisdiction pursuant to Article 706-75, leads and coordinates, in consultation with the other public prosecutors in the inter-regional jurisdiction, the conduct of public action policy for the application of this article.