Chapter VI: Debates

The chairman may not ask one or more of the questions provided for in Articles 350 or 351 only if he has previously informed the parties of this during the debates and at the latest before the closing arguments, in order to allow the accused and his lawyer to make any observations useful to his defence.

If a contentious incident arises in relation to the questions, the court shall rule in accordance with the conditions laid down in Article 316.

Before the Assize Court retires, the President reads out the following instruction, which is also posted in large print in the most conspicuous place in the deliberation chamber: “Subject to the requirement that reasons be given for the decision, the law does not require each of the judges and jurors making up the assize court to give an account of the means by which they have convinced themselves; it does…

The president has the accused removed from the courtroom. If the accused is free, he shall instruct him not to leave the courthouse for the duration of the deliberation, indicating, where appropriate, the premises or premises in which he is to remain, and shall invite the head of the public order service to ensure that this injunction is complied with. If the foreseeable length of the deliberation so warrants, the…