For the application of the first paragraph of Article 289-1, if, as a result of absences or striking, there are fewer than fourteen jurors remaining on the list, this number is completed by alternate jurors, in the order in which they were registered; if there are not enough, by jurors chosen by lot, in open court, from among the jurors registered on the special list.
For the application of articles 296 and 297, the trial jury is made up of three jurors when the criminal court rules at first instance and six jurors when it rules on appeal.
For the application of article 298, the accused and the prosecution may not each challenge more than three jurors at first instance and four on appeal.
The majorities of seven or eight votes provided for by articles 359 and 362, second paragraph, are replaced by majorities of four or six votes.
For the application of article 398, the correctional court is always composed of the president or a judge of the court of first instance. Articles L. 952-6 and L. 952-7 of the Code of Judicial Organisation relating to the replacement of these magistrates and to the specific procedures for exercising jurisdictional functions are applicable to the criminal court.
Articles 398-1 and 398-2 of this code shall not apply.
For the application of the first paragraph of Article 399, the President of the High Court of Appeal, after consulting the President of the Court of First Instance and the Public Prosecutor, sets the number of correctional hearings for the following judicial year by order during the first fortnight of December.
For the application of articles 491 and 492, the time limits for lodging an objection are ten days if the accused resides in the territorial authority and one month if he or she resides outside it.
For the application of article 510, the Criminal Appeals Chamber is made up of the President of the High Court of Appeal and two assessors from the list provided for in article L. 951-3 du code de l’organisation judiciaire. Articles L. 952-10 and L. 952-11 of the Code of Judicial Organisation relating to the replacement of the President of the High Court of Appeal and of the assessors and to…
For the application of the first paragraph of article 511, the President of the High Court of Appeal, after consulting the Public Prosecutor, shall, during the first fortnight of December, set by order the number of criminal court hearings for the following judicial year.
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