Section 1: Exercise of the right of appeal

When he is free, an accused person who lodges an appeal must declare his personal address. He may, however, substitute the address of a third party responsible for receiving the summonses, rectifications and notifications intended for him if he produces the latter’s agreement. This declaration shall be made by the defendant’s lawyer if it is the defendant who is lodging the appeal. Failing such a declaration, the defendant’s declared address…

A petition containing the grounds of appeal may be submitted within the time limits laid down for the statement of appeal to the court registry; it shall be signed by the appellant or by a lawyer registered with a bar association or by a special proxy. The application, together with the exhibits to the proceedings, shall be sent by the public prosecutor to the public prosecutor’s office of the court…

In the event of a sentencing judgment, the Public Prosecutor may also lodge his appeal within twenty days of the day on which the decision is handed down. Without prejudice to the application of articles 498 to 500, the other parties then have a period of five days to lodge a cross-appeal. Even in the absence of a cross-appeal, the court of appeal may, in the event of an appeal…

Where an appeal is lodged after expiry of the time limits provided for in articles 498, 500 or 505, where the appeal has become devoid of purpose, where it was lodged without complying with the formalities provided for in Article 502 or that it has been lodged outside the cases mentioned in article 546 or where the appellant has withdrawn his appeal, the president of the Criminal Appeals Chamber shall,…

During the time limits for appeal and during the appeal proceedings, enforcement of the judgment shall be stayed, subject to the provisions of Articles 464 (second and third paragraphs), 464-1,464-2,471,507,508and 708.

Where the court rules by judgment separate from the judgment on the merits, the appeal is immediately admissible if that judgment puts an end to the proceedings. If this is not the case and until the time limits for appeal have expired, the judgment is not enforceable and the court cannot rule on the merits. If no appeal has been lodged or if, before the expiry of the time limits…

The clerk of the court shall notify the president of the court of the filing of such application. The judgment shall not be enforceable and the court may not rule on the merits until a decision has been made on the said application. As soon as the court clerk has received the appeal and the application he shall forward the latter to the president of the criminal appeals chamber together…

The case is devolved to the Court of Appeal within the limits set by the notice of appeal in accordance with the second paragraph of Article 502 and by the status of the appellant as set out in Article 515. Where the limitation of the scope of the appeal on the public prosecution to the sentences handed down has not been made by the defendant’s lawyer or by the defendant…

The accused must appear before the Criminal Appeals Chamber within four months of either the appeal, if the accused is detained, or the date on which the accused was subsequently remanded in custody, pursuant to the decision handed down at first instance. However, if the hearing on the merits of the case cannot be held before the expiry of this time limit, the President of the Chamber may, in exceptional…