Notwithstanding Articles L. 561-15 and L. 561-16, the avocat au Conseil d’Etat et à la Cour de cassation or the avocat or the caisse des règlements pécuniaires des avocats shall forward the declaration, as appropriate, to the President of the Ordre des avocats au Conseil d’Etat et à la Cour de cassation or to the President of the Bar Association with which the avocat is registered or to the President of the Bar Association with which the avocat who has deposited the funds, bills or securities covered by this declaration is registered. Once the conditions laid down in Article L. 561-3 have been met, these authorities shall forward the declaration to the department referred to in Article L. 561-23, within the timeframe and in accordance with the procedures defined by decree of the Conseil d’Etat.
Where a declaration has been transmitted in breach of these provisions, the department referred to in Article L. 561-23 shall refuse to disclose it and shall inform as soon as possible, as appropriate, the President of the Bar Association of the Conseil d’Etat and the Cour de Cassation or the President of the Bar Association with which the declaring lawyer is registered.
This derogation does not apply to lawyers acting in a fiduciary capacity.