Section 1: General provisions

The number and days of hearings of the investigating chamber are fixed at the end of each judicial year for the following judicial year by a joint decision of the first president and the public prosecutor taken after consulting the general assembly of the court of appeal. If necessary, this decision may be modified under the same conditions during the course of the year. If it is impossible to reach…

For the application of articles 187-3 and 194, the file of the investigation proceedings may be transmitted to the first president of the court of appeal, the public prosecutor, the investigating chamber or its president, by electronic means of communication to the electronic address of the relevant department of the court registry of the court of appeal, in particular where this file has been drawn up or converted into digital…