Article D31-4 of the French Code of Criminal Procedure
November 6, 2023
When it relates to a crime, a civil party complaint may only be lodged with an investigating judge of the judicial court within which there is an investigating division. However, where a civil party complaint lodged with the investigating judge of the judicial court in which there is no investigating division relates to a crime punishable by fifteen years’ or twenty years’ imprisonment and not committed as a repeat offender,…
