An appeal against the tax order may be lodged with the examining magistrate’s chamber by the public prosecutor, at the request of the assigning accounting officer within a period of one month from receipt of the request for payment.
In matters of legal aid, the one-month period runs from the transmission that is made by the competent authorising officer to the assigning accounting officer of the tax order.
A reasoned refusal by the public prosecutor to exercise the appeal is brought to the attention of the assigning accounting officer. In this case, the assigning accounting officer executes the tax order.