Chapter I: Criminal court

When the person who has been fined an increased fixed-rate fine does not contest the reality of the offence but, due to financial difficulties, requests payment deadlines or an exonerated fine, they send their reasoned request to the competent public accountant. In this case, article 495-20 is not applicable. If the competent public accountant considers the request to be justified, he or she may then grant time limits or issue…

When fixed-rate fines, reduced fixed-rate fines and increased fixed-rate fines apply to a legal entity, their amount is quintupled.

When the public prosecution for an offence that has caused harm to a victim is extinguished by the payment of a fixed fine for a misdemeanour, the victim may nevertheless ask the public prosecutor to summon the perpetrator to a hearing before the court to enable him or her to bring a civil action. The court, composed of a single magistrate exercising the powers conferred on the president, will then…

A decree shall specify the procedures for applying this section.