Title XV: Prosecution, investigation and trial of acts of terrorism

For the prosecution, investigation and trial of offences falling within the scope of Article 706-16, the anti-terrorist public prosecutor, the investigating judge, the criminal court and the Paris assize court exercise concurrent jurisdiction with that resulting from the application of Articles 43,52 and 382. As regards minors, the anti-terrorist public prosecutor, the investigating judge, the juvenile court judge, the juvenile court and the Paris juvenile assize court exercise concurrent jurisdiction…

Without prejudice to the provisions of the third paragraph of Article 41, when exercising his jurisdiction pursuant to this section, the Counter-Terrorism Public Prosecutor may, by judicial delegation, request any public prosecutor to carry out or have carried out the acts necessary for the investigation and prosecution of offences falling within the scope of Article 706-16 in the places where the latter has territorial jurisdiction. The judicial delegation shall mention…

For the trial of misdemeanours and felonies falling within the scope of Article 706-16, the First President of the Paris Court of Appeal may, on the recommendation of the Public Prosecutor, after consulting the heads of the judicial courts concerned, the President of the Paris Bar and, where applicable, the President of the Paris Assize Court, decide that the hearing of the Criminal Court, the Paris Criminal Appeals Chamber or…

The public prosecutor at a judicial court other than that of Paris may, for offences falling within the scope of Article 706-16, request the investigating judge to relinquish jurisdiction in favour of the Paris investigating court. The parties shall be notified in advance and invited to make their observations by the investigating judge; the order shall be made eight days at the earliest and one month at the latest from…

The court seised pursuant to this section shall retain jurisdiction regardless of the incriminations retained at the time of the settlement or judgment of the case, subject to the application of articles 181 and 469. If the facts constitute a contravention, the examining magistrate shall order the case to be referred to the competent police court pursuant to article 522.

In the cases provided for in article 706-18, the committal or arrest warrant shall remain enforceable; the prosecution or investigation acts and formalities that took place before the decision to relinquish jurisdiction or competence became final need not be renewed.

An order made on the basis of article 706-18 by which an investigating judge decides to relinquish jurisdiction 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, to the Criminal Division of the Cour de cassation, which shall designate, within eight days of the date of receipt of the file, the…