Book IV: Some special procedures

The territorial jurisdiction of a judicial court may be extended to the jurisdiction of one or more courts of appeal for the investigation, prosecution, hearing and judgment of the offences provided for in articles 221-6,221-6-1,222-19,222-19-1,222-20 and 222-20-1 of the Penal Code in cases that involve multiple victims and are or would appear to be highly complex. This jurisdiction extends to related offences. A decree shall determine the list and jurisdiction…

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 designate one or more public prosecutors, investigating judges and trial judges with special responsibility for the investigation, prosecution, investigation and trial of offences falling within the scope of the same…

The public prosecutor, the investigating judge and the specialised correctional panel of the judicial court mentioned in Article 706-176 exercise, throughout the jurisdiction determined pursuant to that same 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 contravention, the investigating…

The public prosecutor at a judicial court other than those mentioned in Article 706-176 may, for offences falling within the scope of the same Article 706-176, request the investigating judge to relinquish jurisdiction in favour of the competent investigating court pursuant to the said Article. 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…

The order made pursuant to Article 706-179 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 relinquishment was ordered or refused is within the jurisdiction of the court of appeal in which the court initially seised is located,…

The magistrates mentioned in Article 706-178 as well as the public prosecutor at the competent court of appeal may ask specialist assistants, appointed under the conditions provided for in article 706, to take part, in accordance with the procedures set out in that same article 706, in proceedings concerning offences falling within the scope of l’article 706-176.