Chapter V: Miscellaneous provisions

The application for forgery against a document produced before the Cour de cassation is addressed to the first president. It shall be lodged at the registry and signed by a lawyer at the Conseil d’Etat and at the Cour de cassation if the ministry thereof is compulsory in the case in respect of which the application is made.

The First President shall rule after obtaining the opinion of the Public Prosecutor. He shall make an order dismissing the action or an order granting leave to act in falsity. In the event of rejection, the applicant may be ordered to pay a civil fine under the conditions set out in Article 628.

The order granting leave to act forgery shall be served on the defendant within fifteen days, with a summons to declare whether he intends to make use of the document alleged to be forged. This summons must be accompanied by a copy of the application and the order of the first president.

The defendant must notify the plaintiff, within a period of fifteen days, whether or not he intends to make use of the document alleged to be forged. In the first case, or if there is no reply within the period of fifteen days, the first president shall refer the parties to the court he designates for a ruling on the application for forgery.