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Article D45-19 of the French Code of Criminal Procedure

For the application of the provisions of the second paragraph of Article 495-19 and first paragraph of article 495-21, only requests or complaints in which the person either denies having committed the offence, or admits having committed the offence while providing detailed information likely to justify discontinuing the proceedings for legal or expediency reasons, are considered to be reasoned. The public prosecutor forwards the dispute mentioned in the third paragraph…

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Article D45-20 of the French Code of Criminal Procedure

Contentious incidents relating to the enforcement of the enforcement order and the rectification of any material errors it may contain shall be referred to the criminal court in whose jurisdiction the person resides, which shall rule in accordance with the provisions of Article 711.

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Article D45-22 of the French Code of Criminal Procedure

Where the accused declares to limit, in accordance with the second paragraph of Article 502, the scope of his appeal on the public prosecution to the penalties imposed, to some of them or to the terms of their application, the form of the statement of appeal made pursuant to articles 502 or 503 must include a statement informing the appellant of his right to go back on this limitation, by…

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Article D45-23 of the French Code of Criminal Procedure

Where the accused, the civil party or the person civilly liable lodges an appeal, on a principal or incidental basis, against a judgment which has been rendered by the correctional court composed of its president alone and the appeal must be examined by the correctional appeals chamber of the court of appeal composed of its president alone pursuant to the second paragraph of Article 510, the form of the statement…

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Article D45-25 of the French Code of Criminal Procedure

In the cases provided for by articles D. 45-22 and D. 45-23, a copy of the statement of appeal is given to the appellant. In the cases provided for by articles D. 45-22, D. 45-23 and D. 45-24, the statement of appeal and the record of the proceedings may, except in cases of urgency, be sent to the court of appeal on expiry of a period of one month from…

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Article D45-26 of the French Code of Criminal Procedure

The statement of appeal lodged by a detained person pursuant to article 503 is forwarded on the same day or on the first working day thereafter by the head of the prison to the registry of the court that handed down the contested decision. The same applies to a supplementary statement made by the detainee within one month of his appeal pursuant to articles D. 45-22 or D. 45-23.

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Article D45-28 of the French Code of Criminal Procedure

Where the Public Prosecutor decides, of his own motion or at the request of the accused, to use the procedure of appearance on prior recognition of guilt on appeal pursuant to the last paragraph of Article 495-15, it shall inform the President of the Criminal Appeals Chamber of the Court of Appeal before which the case had been heard, if this hearing had already been set. This decision may not…

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