The public prosecutor who chooses the simplified procedure communicates the prosecution file and his or her submissions to the competent judge of the police court.
The judge rules without prior debate by a criminal order either acquitting the accused or sentencing him or her to a fine and, where applicable, to one or more of the additional penalties incurred.
If he or she considers that an adversarial debate is useful, the judge returns the file to the public prosecutor for prosecution in the forms of ordinary procedure.
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