Title III: Judging of contraventions

On expiry of the time limit for opposition open to the public prosecutor, the head of the court registry shall notify the criminal order to the accused by registered letter with acknowledgement of receipt, which shall include the particulars provided for in article 526 and indicate the time limits and procedures for payment and opposition set out in articles R. 43 to R. 46. Unless these details are included in…

Within thirty days of the date on which the registered letter is sent, the accused must pay the fine and the fixed procedural fee by transferring their amount into the hands of the accountant of the Directorate General of Public Finance, unless he lodges an objection. In all cases, the accused must, in support of the payment, indicate to the accountant of the Directorate General of Public Finance the references…

Two or more contraventions may give rise to a single order; in this case, the accused pays the fixed procedural fee once.

The opposition made by the accused, within the time limits provided either in the third or in the fifth paragraph of article 527, must be made: – either by letter addressed to the head of the registry of the court which handed down the contested decision. The letter must be sent within the prescribed time limit, as evidenced by the postmark; – or by an oral statement made to the…

In the event of opposition by the accused, the head of the court registry shall notify the public prosecutor or the officer of the public prosecutor’s office without delay, and shall forward the documents in the proceedings.

On expiry of the objection period, the head of the registry shall notify the accounting officer of the Directorate-General of Public Finance of the objections received and of the cancellation of the corresponding extracts. .

The accounting officer of the Directorate General of Public Finance shall proceed with the recovery of the criminal order upon expiry of the period of thirty days from the date of dispatch of the registered letter provided for in Article R. 42, unless an objection is lodged.