After an introduction that outlines the history, organization, and contents of France's Code of Criminal Procedure, this book presents an English translation of the code.
The Code of Criminal Procedure of 1808 was replaced in 1958 by a new code. The code presented in this book incorporates the many amendments to the code since that time. The code contains five "books." Book One, The Conduct of the Prosecution and Investigation, covers the authorities charged with prosecution and investigation, inquiries and identity controls, and investigating jurisdictions. Book Two, Trial Jurisdictions, specifies proceedings in the assize court, the trial of delicts, the trial of contraventions, and citations and service. Book Three, Channels for Extraordinary Recourse, mandates procedures for the petition for review and petitions for revision. Book Four describes procedures for some particular proceedings. These include trial in absentia; forgery; a case involving the disappearance of procedural papers; the regulation of judges; transfer from one court to another; recusals; offenses committed abroad; and the prosecution, investigation, and trial of offenses in economic and financial matters. Book Five, Execution Proceedings, covers the enforcement of penal sentences, detention, parole, sentence suspension, recognition of the identity of convicted persons, imprisonment for payment, statute of limitation for punishments, the record of convictions, the rehabilitation of convicts, and the costs of justice.