Chapter III: Crimes and offences against the fundamental interests of the Nation

In wartime, crimes and offences against the fundamental interests of the Nation and related offences are investigated and tried by the armed forces courts as set out in the code of military justice. However, the Public Prosecutor shall have the authority to perform or cause to be performed acts required by the urgency and to request for this purpose the investigating judge at his seat. The provisions of articles 698-1…

In peacetime, crimes and offences against the fundamental interests of the Nation shall be investigated and tried by the ordinary courts and according to the rules of this Code. When the acts prosecuted constitute a crime or an offence provided for and punished by articles 411-1 to 411-11 and 413-1 to 413-12 of the Criminal Code or a related offence, jurisdiction is vested in the courts provided for and organised…