112] ANNUAL REGISTER, 1817. 



13. If the Chamber be of opi- 

 nion that there is no c^use for 

 prosecution, it will decree the rt- 

 moval of the seizure, and the 

 freedom of the accused should be 

 be arrested. In the contrary case, 

 it orders, according to the im- 

 portance of the fa: ts, either that 

 the affair should be sent to the 

 Tribunal of the Correctional Po- 

 lice, or that the documents should 

 be transferred to the King's At- 

 torney-General, attheRoyalCourt, 

 to be proceeded on as is laid down 

 in the chapter of the Code of 

 Criminal Instruction, entitled, The 

 Trial of Accusations. 



13. In default of judgment, 

 which within three days fiom the 

 report made by the Judge of In- 

 struction, ordains the transmission 

 of the affair to the Tribunal of 

 Correctional Police, or of the do- 

 cuments to the Attorney-General, 

 or in default of citation of the 

 party seized, before the Tribunal 

 of Correctional Police, within the 

 same period : increased by a day 

 in consequence of the three my- 

 riameters of distance, counting 

 from the ordinance of transmis- 

 sion, the seizure is null and with- 

 out effect. All the holders of the 

 work seized, are bound to send it 

 to the proprietor, on the simple 

 exhibition of a certificate of the 

 register, stating that there has 

 been no judt^ment or citation in 

 the time before-mentioned, which 

 certificate will serve for a dis- 

 charge. 



14. The citation before the Tri- 

 bunal of Coirectional Police shall 

 be in every case notified to the 

 Register within thiee days from 

 the ordinance of remiss on, and 

 the cause shall be tried at the first 

 audience after the expiration of 



the delayi prescribed by the 184th 

 article of the Code of Criminal 

 Instruction. 



If the documents be sent to the 

 Attornej -General, and that the 

 Royal Court pronounces the ac- 

 cusation, the case shall be tried 

 at the next assizes. 



15. The act of accusation shall 

 be closed by the following recapi- 

 tulation : — " He is consequently 

 accused of having committed by 

 composition" [the translation or 

 publication] " of" [such a writ- 

 ing] or "by the sale or distri- 

 bution" [of such a writing, such 

 and such a crime, attended with 

 such and such circumstances ] 



16. The questions resulting from 

 the act of accusation shall be put 

 in these terms : — 1st. Does the 

 printed work present such or such 

 a character, expressed in the re- 

 capitulation of the act of accusa- 

 tion, with all the circumstances 

 therein comprised ? ^d. Is tiie ac- 

 cused guilty of having composed, 

 translated, or published this work, 

 or of having printed, or of having 

 sold, or distributed it ? 



If. If the derl;i ration of the 

 jury be affirmative only on the 

 first question, in the wliole or in 

 part, the seizure shall be main- 

 tained and the work condemned, 

 and the accused shall be sentenced 

 only to the costs. 



IS. The Correctional Tribunals 

 may, in cases of the aliuse of the 

 liberty of the press, command un- 

 der security, the provisional free- 

 dom of the accused, conformably 

 to the 1 ] th article of the Code of 

 Criminal Instruction. They may 

 also use their discretion, even on 

 the condemnation of a work, to 

 pronounce only the payment of 

 costs. 



19. and 20. 



