§ 214

1) Immediately after the judgment has been rendered, it shall be

announced by the presiding judge in the public hearing before the

assembled court in the presence of the parties, giving a brief summary of

the rationales and referring to the provisions of the law that have been

applied; and the defendant shall be instructed on his rights to appeal.

2) It shall be pointed out in such instruction that the appeal must be

lodged either orally on the court record or by written submission (§ 222).

This instruction shall be documented in the trial record.

3) If an incorrect time-limit for appeal has been stated and if this is

longer than the legal one, the time-limit shall be considered complied

with during such longer term; if a shorter term has been stated, the legal

time-limit for lodging the appeal shall apply; if there has not been an

instruction on the lodging of appeal, the term for lodging an appeal could

not start running at all.

4) If the instruction stated not the competent court but another court

or another office to be the correct addressee for lodging an appeal, the

time-limit for lodging an appeal shall be considered complied with even

if the appeal has been lodged with such incorrect office. However, the

incorrect office shall forward the lodging of the appeal to the competent

court ex officio.

5) If the tribunal finds itself unable to proceed with the rendering and

announcement of the judgement immediately after the end of the trial,

the presiding judge shall announce the date and time of such

announcement of the judgment.