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Article 495-24 of the French Code of Criminal Procedure

When the person who has been fined an increased fixed-rate fine does not contest the reality of the offence but, due to financial difficulties, requests payment deadlines or an exonerated fine, they send their reasoned request to the competent public accountant. In this case, article 495-20 is not applicable. If the competent public accountant considers the request to be justified, he or she may then grant time limits or issue…

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Article 495-24-2 of the French Code of Criminal Procedure

When the public prosecution for an offence that has caused harm to a victim is extinguished by the payment of a fixed fine for a misdemeanour, the victim may nevertheless ask the public prosecutor to summon the perpetrator to a hearing before the court to enable him or her to bring a civil action. The court, composed of a single magistrate exercising the powers conferred on the president, will then…

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Article 497 of the French Code of Criminal Procedure

The right to appeal belongs: 1° To the accused; 2° To the person civilly liable as regards civil interests only; 3° To the civil party, as regards his civil interests only; 4° To the public prosecutor; 5° To the public authorities, in cases where they are exercising the public prosecution; 6° To the public prosecutor at the court of appeal;

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Article 498 of the French Code of Criminal Procedure

Without prejudice to Article 505, the appeal shall be lodged within ten days of the delivery of the contradictory judgment. However, the time limit for appeal only runs from the service of the judgment regardless of the method of service: 1° For the party who, after adversarial proceedings, was not present or represented at the hearing where the judgment was delivered, but only in the event that he or his…

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Article 498-1 of the French Code of Criminal Procedure

For a judgment sentencing a person to a fixed term of imprisonment or a term of imprisonment suspended in part, handed down under the conditions provided for in article 410 and which has not been served personally, the time limit for appeal shall only run from the time the judgment is served at the home address, bailiff’s office or public prosecutor’s office subject to the provisions of the second paragraph….

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