Paragraph 2: Appeals to the National Commission for Compensation for Detentions

When the appellant is one of the persons listed in 1° and 2° of Article R. 40-4, the secretary of the commission shall ask the latter, within fifteen days of receiving the file and by registered letter with acknowledgement of receipt, to send its conclusions within one month. .

On receipt of the conclusions referred to in the previous article, the secretary of the commission shall send a copy to the public prosecutor at the Cour de cassation and, by registered letter with acknowledgement of receipt, to the person listed in 1° and 2° of Article R. 40-4 who is not the author of the appeal. This person has a period of two months from receipt of the registered…

The secretary of the committee shall notify the appellant, by registered letter with acknowledgement of receipt, within fifteen days of their submission, of the conclusions of the Public Prosecutor at the Court of Cassation and the conclusions of the person referred to in Article R. 40-9. He communicates to this person the conclusions of the public prosecutor at the Cour de cassation.

Within a period of one month from the last of the notifications provided for in the first paragraph of the preceding article, the person lodging the appeal shall submit, against a receipt or by registered letter with acknowledgement of receipt, to the secretariat of the Commission his or her observations in response, which shall be communicated to the Public Prosecutor at the Court of Cassation and to the person mentioned…