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#JUSB2117951AOrder of July 1, 2021 enabling the Minister of Justice to create revenue and advance management at civil and criminal court registries

🇫🇷France··Other·Medium Impact·View source ↗

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This law allows the French Minister of Justice to set up revenue and advance management systems within civil and criminal court registries. It outlines how funds from various judicial processes and transactions are collected and managed, ensuring transparency and proper handling of finances. The law affects court registrars, financial administrators, and parties involved in legal proceedings as it establishes clear guidelines for managing court-related financial transactions.

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Key Changes

  • Enables the creation of revenue and advance management systems in court registries
  • Defines the roles of revenue collectors and financial controllers
  • Specifies financial transactions related to court operations

Obligations

What this law requires

medium

Any remainder of supplementary advance funds must be remitted to the assigned public accountant within one month from the date of payment of exceptional expenses, supported by justifying documents.

Advance managers at court registries
operational
high

The Minister of Justice must obtain prior written approval from the assigned public accountant before creating revenue management systems, advance management systems, or combined systems at civil and criminal court registries by ministerial order.

Minister of Justice
operational
high

The revenue manager and alternate mandatary must be appointed by ministerial order of the Minister of Justice with prior approval from the assigned public accountant.

Minister of Justice
operational
high

Revenue managers must collect and remit to the assigned public accountant: (1) fees for copies of criminal documents, and (2) proceeds from sales of works and publications sold at court registries, within conditions specified in Articles 8-9 of the July 26, 2019 decree.

Revenue managers at court registries
operational
high

Advance managers must submit supporting documentation for all expenses paid by them to the ordering authority at minimum once per month for transmission to the assigned public accountant.

Advance managers at court registries
reporting

Affected Parties

Court registrarsFinancial administrators

Tags

legal procedure,court management,financial accountability