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

The suspension of an online public communication service may be ordered by the interim relief judge for the facts provided for in Article 421-2-5 of the Criminal Code when they constitute a manifestly unlawful disturbance, at the request of the public prosecutor or any natural or legal person with an interest in acting.

Officers and agents of the judicial police, assigned to the judicial police services specially responsible for combating terrorism, may be authorised by name by the public prosecutor at the Paris court of appeal to carry out investigations relating to offences falling within the scope of Article 706-16, identifying themselves by their administrative registration number. They may be authorised to give evidence or appear as witnesses under the same number. The…

The articles 706-88 to 706-94 of this code are not applicable to the offences provided for in articles 421-2-5 to 421-2-5-2 of the Criminal Code.

As an exception to article 145-1 of this Code, the duration of pre-trial detention may not exceed six months for the investigation of the offences provided for in articles 421-1 to 421-6 of the Penal Code. In exceptional circumstances, the liberty and custody judge may decide to extend pre-trial detention, for a period that may not exceed six months, by a reasoned order in accordance with article 137-3 of this…

For the trial of accused adults, the rules relating to the composition and operation of the assize court are set by the provisions of article 698-6. For the trial of accused minors aged at least sixteen, the rules relating to the composition and operation of the juvenile assize court are also laid down by these provisions, with two of the assessors being taken from among the juvenile judges within the…

By way of derogation from Article 11, the Anti-Terrorist Public Prosecutor, for investigation or prosecution proceedings initiated on the basis of one or more offences falling within the scope of Article 706-16, may communicate to the specialised intelligence services mentioned in article L. 811-2 du code de la sécurité intérieure, on its own initiative or at the request of these services, of the elements of any kind contained in these…

The courts and magistrates mentioned in Article 706-17 may ask specialist assistants, appointed under the conditions set out in Article 706, to take part, in accordance with the procedures laid down in the same Article 706, in proceedings concerning crimes and offences falling within the scope of Article 706-16.