 A court of assizes will then be assembled to hold the trial, except when in the case of cassation proceedings the Court of Cassation quashes the indictment.Once the decision is made to hold an assizes trial, the prosecutor-general (, , ) or his delegate who will prosecute the accused, is required to draw up an act of accusation (, , ), which describes the criminal charges brought against the accused.The accused's defense may also draw up an act of defense (, , ) as a response to the act of accusation, but this is not required.