Article 916 of the French Code of Criminal Procedure
November 7, 2023
For the application of paragraph 1 of Article 260, the number of jurors may not be less than thirty-four.
For the application of paragraph 1 of Article 260, the number of jurors may not be less than thirty-four.
For the purposes of Article 262, the commission shall comprise: -the President of the High Court of Appeal, Chairman; -the President of the Court of First Instance; -the Public Prosecutor or his deputy; -a person approved under the conditions defined in Article 905 and appointed by the President of the High Court of Appeal ; -three territorial councillors appointed each year by the territorial council; -three municipal councillors appointed each…
For the application of article 264, a special list of ten alternate jurors is drawn up each year, outside the annual jury list and under the same conditions.
For the application of Article 266, sixteen jurors, whose names are drawn from the annual list, form the list for the session. In addition, the names of three alternate jurors are drawn from the special list. If, as a result of deaths, incapacities or legal incompatibilities occurring since the lists were drawn up, the number of citizens from among whom the jurors for the session are to be drawn is…
For the application of the first paragraph of Article 289-1, if, as a result of absences or striking, there are fewer than fourteen jurors remaining on the list, this number is completed by alternate jurors, in the order in which they were registered; if there are not enough, by jurors chosen by lot, in open court, from among the jurors registered on the special list.
For the application of articles 296 and 297, the trial jury is made up of three jurors when the criminal court rules at first instance and six jurors when it rules on appeal.
For the application of article 298, the accused and the prosecution may not each challenge more than three jurors at first instance and four on appeal.
The majorities of seven or eight votes provided for by articles 359 and 362, second paragraph, are replaced by majorities of four or six votes.
For the application of article 398, the correctional court is always composed of the president or a judge of the court of first instance. Articles L. 952-6 and L. 952-7 of the Code of Judicial Organisation relating to the replacement of these magistrates and to the specific procedures for exercising jurisdictional functions are applicable to the criminal court.
Articles 398-1 and 398-2 of this code shall not apply.
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