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. .
The offences falling within the jurisdiction of the courts mentioned in articles 697 and 697-4 are prosecuted, investigated and judged according to the rules of this code, subject to the specific provisions of articles 698-1 to 698-9 and, with regard to offences committed outside the territory of the Republic, the specific provisions of the code of military justice. However, the competent public prosecutor pursuant to Article 43 has the authority…
Without prejudice to the application of article 36, public proceedings shall be initiated by the public prosecutor with territorial jurisdiction, who shall decide what action to take on the facts brought to his attention, in particular by the reporting of the Minister of Defence or the military authority authorised by him. In the absence of such a report, the Public Prosecutor must request the opinion of the Minister of Defence…
The civil action for compensation for damage caused by one of the offences mentioned in the first paragraph of articles 697-1 or 697-4 belongs to those who have personally suffered damage directly caused by the offence. The public action may be brought by the injured party under the conditions determined in articles 85 et seq. However, public prosecution may only be initiated by the public prosecutor in the case of…
When the public prosecutor, the examining magistrate and the judicial police officers are required either to establish offences in military establishments, or to search, in these same places, for persons or objects relating to these offences, they must address requisitions to the military authority in order to obtain entry to these establishments. The requisitions must, unless necessary, specify the nature of and reasons for the investigations deemed necessary. The military…
The hierarchical superiors must comply with the request of criminal investigation police officers to place at their disposal a member of the military in active service, when either the requirements of the investigation or the execution of a rogatory commission or a court order require this measure.
The articles L. 123-1 to L. 123-5, L. 211-12, L. 211-13,L. 211-22, L. 211-24, L. 221-3, L. 261-6, L. 262-2, L. 264-3, L. 264-5, L. 265-1, L. 265-3, L. 266-2, L. 267-1, L. 267-2, L. 268-2 and the second paragraph of Article L. 311-2 of the Code of Military Justice shall apply. In accordance with article L. 211-21 of the same code, the person under investigation, the accused or the…
As an exception to the provisions of Title I of Book II, in particular articles 240 and 248, first paragraph, and subject to the provisions of Article 698-7, the assize court provided for by articles 697 and 697-4 is composed of a president and, when ruling at first instance, four assessors, or when ruling on appeal, six assessors. These assessors are appointed as set out in paragraphs 2 and 3…
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