The defendant must notify the plaintiff, within a period of fifteen days, whether or not he intends to make use of the document alleged to be forged. In the first case, or if there is no reply within the period of fifteen days, the first president shall refer the parties to the court he designates for a ruling on the application for forgery.
When the judge intends to request the opinion of the Cour de cassation pursuant to article L. 441-1 of the Code de l’organisation judiciaire, it notifies the parties and the public prosecutor, failing which it is inadmissible. It shall collect any written observations they may have within the time limit it shall set, unless they have already concluded on this point. On receipt of the observations or on expiry of…
The decision requesting the opinion is sent, together with the submissions and any written observations, by the court registry to the registry of the Cour de cassation. It is notified, as well as the date of transmission of the file, to the parties by registered letter with acknowledgement of receipt. The public prosecutor at the court is notified as well as the first president of the court of appeal and…
The Court of Cassation shall give its opinion within three months of receipt of the file.
In matters where representation is compulsory, any observations of the parties must be signed by a lawyer at the Conseil d’Etat and the Cour de cassation.
The case is communicated to the public prosecutor at the Court of Cassation. The latter is informed of the date of the sitting.
The notice may mention that it will be published in the Official Journal of the French Republic.
The notice shall be sent to the court that requested it, to the public prosecutor at that court, to the first president of the court of appeal and to the public prosecutor where the request does not originate from the court. It shall be notified to the parties by the registry of the Cour de cassation.
The application for review shall be made by declaration to the registry of the Cour de cassation. It shall be preceded by service on the defendants to the review of the decisions referred to in 4° and 5° of Article 1031-9.
The application for review shall contain, on pain of nullity: 1° For the applicants: an indication of their surnames, forenames and domicile. Where the interested party is deceased or declared absent, the applicant must indicate the surname and forenames as well as the date of death or declared absence and specify the capacity in which he or she relies on; 2° For defendants who are natural persons: the indication of…
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