Chapter I: Prosecution, investigation and trial of military offences in peacetime

Within the jurisdiction of one or more Courts of Appeal, a judicial tribunal shall have jurisdiction to investigate and, in the case of misdemeanours, try the offences referred to in Article 697-1. Magistrates are assigned, after consultation with the general assembly, to the trial panels, specialised in military matters, of this court. In the same jurisdiction, an assize court has jurisdiction to try the crimes mentioned in article 697-1. A…

The courts referred to in article 697 shall hear crimes and misdemeanours committed on the territory of the Republic by military personnel in the performance of their duties. These courts have jurisdiction over all adults, whether perpetrators or accomplices, who took part in the offence. By way of derogation from the provisions of the first paragraph above, these courts shall not have jurisdiction over offences under ordinary law committed by…

The specialized military courts mentioned in article 697, within whose jurisdiction is located either the home port of a naval vessel, or the home airfield of a military aircraft, have jurisdiction over any offence committed on board or against that ship or aircraft, wherever it may be.

The territorial jurisdiction of the courts mentioned in Article 697 shall be determined in accordance with Articles 43,52,382 and 663. The courts of the place of posting or landing also have jurisdiction. In addition, the court with territorial jurisdiction over the personnel of convoyed vessels is the court to which the personnel of the convoying vessel would be brought.

The courts referred to in Article 697 based in Paris also have jurisdiction to hear crimes and offences committed outside the territory of the Republic by members of the French armed forces or against them in the cases provided for in the Chapter I of Title II of Book I of the Code of Military Justice. In addition, one or more magistrates assigned to the panels of the Paris correctional…

For the trial of the offences and contraventions mentioned in Article 697-4, a detached chamber of the Paris judicial court specialising in military matters may be temporarily set up outside the territory of the Republic by decree of the Conseil d’Etat under the conditions provided for by international treaties and agreements. .