Chapter II: Tariff of charges

In the event of the accused being transferred either to another investigating court or to another Assize Court, if they have already received a copy of the documents prescribed in Article 279, they may not be issued with a new copy paid for out of the general costs of criminal, correctional and police justice. But any accused person, referred to the Assize Court, may have a copy of the pleadings…

In criminal, correctional and police matters, apart from the cases provided for by Article 114, the following may be issued to the parties: 1° At their request, a copy of the complaint or the report of the final orders, judgments, penal orders and enforcement orders provided for in Article 529-2, paragraph 2, of the Code of Criminal Procedure; 2° With the authorisation of the Public Prosecutor or the Attorney General…

Whenever proceedings in criminal, correctional or police matters are transmitted to any court or tribunal whatsoever, or to the Ministry of Justice, the proceedings and exhibits shall be sent in minutes, unless the Minister of Justice designates exhibits to be sent by copies or extracts.

In all cases where the documents of a proceeding are sent, the court clerk is required to attach an inventory, which he shall draw up free of charge, as prescribed in article 586.

Only rulings, judgments, criminal orders and court orders requested in this form by the parties or the Public Prosecutor’s Office shall be sent in the enforceable form. .

In the drafting of judgments and rulings, pleadings or submissions by either the public prosecutor or the defence counsel for the accused or defendant shall not be inserted, but only their conclusions.