Title II: Trial of offences

Criminal judgments may be appealed. Appeals are lodged with the Court of Appeal.

The right to appeal belongs: 1° To the accused; 2° To the person civilly liable as regards civil interests only; 3° To the civil party, as regards his civil interests only; 4° To the public prosecutor; 5° To the public authorities, in cases where they are exercising the public prosecution; 6° To the public prosecutor at the court of appeal;

Without prejudice to Article 505, the appeal shall be lodged within ten days of the delivery of the contradictory judgment. However, the time limit for appeal only runs from the service of the judgment regardless of the method of service: 1° For the party who, after adversarial proceedings, was not present or represented at the hearing where the judgment was delivered, but only in the event that he or his…

For a judgment sentencing a person to a fixed term of imprisonment or a term of imprisonment suspended in part, handed down under the conditions provided for in article 410 and which has not been served personally, the time limit for appeal shall only run from the time the judgment is served at the home address, bailiff’s office or public prosecutor’s office subject to the provisions of the second paragraph….

If the judgment is rendered by default or by iterative default, the time limit for appeal only runs from the service of the judgment, regardless of the method of service. .

In the event of an appeal by one of the parties within the above time limits, the other parties have a further five days in which to lodge an appeal.