Chapter II: Criminal Court of Appeal

If the judgment is set aside for violation or unremedied omission of forms prescribed by law on pain of nullity, the court shall evoke and rule on the merits. .

In the event of an appeal against an order made pursuant to article 495-11, the court shall hear the case and rule on the merits without being able to impose a more severe sentence than that approved by the president of the court or the judge delegated by him, unless an appeal is lodged by the public prosecutor.