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Key Facts: Secrétaire des Greffes CI Exam

Baccalauréat

Diploma required for the cycle moyen of the École des Greffes

INFJ — arrêté d'ouverture 2026

18 to 40 years

Age limits on 1 January of the competition year

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4 written papers

Admissibility papers totalling 12 hours

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20 minutes

Length of the oral exposé and jury interview, weighted coefficient 3

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12,500 FCFA

Droit d'inscription, of about 45,000 FCFA in total 2026 session fees

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29-30 August 2026

Dates of the written papers for the 2026 session

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Répertoire Général

Master register indexing civil and commercial lawsuits at the registry

Institut National de Formation Judiciaire

Bulletin n° 3

Criminal record extract issued to individuals by the registry

Code de Procédure Pénale ivoirien

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1What is the civil service classification and primary daily mission of a Secrétaire des Greffes et Parquets graduating from the Cycle Moyen of the INFJ École des Greffes in Côte d'Ivoire?
A.Category B, Grade B3 civil servant responsible for front-desk citizen reception, typing judicial acts and judgments, maintaining order registers, processing nationality and criminal record requests, and archiving case files
B.Category A, Grade A4 judicial administrator responsible for general court financial management and supreme court certification
C.Category C administrative clerk restricted solely to physical mail carriage and manual sorting without authority to certify acts
D.Category A, Grade A3 magistrate appointed to preside over first-instance trial court hearings and render judgments
Explanation: Under the Statut Particulier du Personnel des Greffes in Côte d'Ivoire, graduates of the Cycle Moyen of the INFJ École des Greffes are appointed as Secrétaires des Greffes et Parquets (Category B, Grade B3). They form the essential operational clerical engine of court registries: receiving citizens, typing judgments, maintaining registers, and managing physical archives.
2What is the 'Service d'Accueil et d'Orientation du Justiciable' (SAOJ / Guichet Unique) operated by Secrétaires des Greffes at the courthouse entrance?
A.The dedicated registry front-desk counter providing citizens with information, distribution of application forms (nationality, criminal records), verification of required supporting documents, and orientation to courtrooms
B.An autonomous Bar Association counter reserved exclusively for confidential fee negotiations between private attorneys and clients
C.A specialized judicial police security post dedicated strictly to screening and holding detainees prior to preliminary hearings
D.An internal judicial chamber where judges deliberate on civil judgments before public pronouncement
Explanation: The SAOJ (or Guichet Unique) is the frontline interface between the public and the judicial system. Secrétaires des Greffes welcome citizens courteously, explain procedural steps, provide standardized application forms, inspect civil status attachments, and guide litigants to the appropriate chambers.
3What supporting documents must the Secrétaire des Greffes verify when a citizen applies for a 'Certificat de Nationalité Ivoirienne' at the registry counter?
A.The applicant's original birth certificate (acte de naissance), the father's or mother's certificate of Ivorian nationality, marriage certificates where applicable, and identity photos
B.A simple sworn affidavit signed before a notary without producing any parental civil status documents or nationality proofs
C.A utility electricity bill, voter registration card, and private employer certification without civil status certificates
D.A valid foreign passport issued by a foreign diplomatic consular representation in Abidjan
Explanation: To establish Ivorian nationality by filiation (Code de la Nationalité, Art. 6), the Secrétaire des Greffes verifies: (1) An authentic extract of the applicant's birth certificate, (2) Authentic nationality certificate of at least one Ivorian parent, (3) Parents' marriage certificate if born in wedlock, and (4) Identity photos, before preparing the draft certificate for the judge.
4What is 'Bulletin N° 3 du Casier Judiciaire' processed and delivered by the Secrétaire des Greffes, and to whom can it be handed?
A.An extract of the criminal record containing only unpardoned custodial sentences for crimes and misdemeanors, which can ONLY be delivered directly to the individual concerned in person or their legal representative upon proof of identity
B.A public judicial record that can be freely delivered to any third-party employer or bank requesting it by telephone
C.An exhaustive criminal record containing all suspended sentences and juvenile convictions delivered directly to private recruitment agencies
D.An internal prosecution document that can only be consulted in the judge's office and never issued to citizens
Explanation: Under the Code of Criminal Procedure, Bulletin N° 3 is the only extract of the criminal record that can be delivered to private individuals. To protect personal privacy, the Secrétaire des Greffes verifies the applicant's identity card and can strictly hand it ONLY to the person concerned in person (or their parent if a minor).
5What is the difference between 'Bulletin N° 1', 'Bulletin N° 2', and 'Bulletin N° 3' du Casier Judiciaire in court registry processing?
A.Bulletin 1 contains all convictions (issued only to judicial authorities); Bulletin 2 contains most convictions excluding certain suspensions/juvenile orders (issued to public administrations and military); Bulletin 3 contains only severe unpardoned custodial sentences (issued exclusively to the individual)
B.Bulletin 1 is for minor police infractions, Bulletin 2 is for misdemeanors (délits), and Bulletin 3 is reserved exclusively for major felonies (crimes)
C.Bulletin 1 is issued to municipal mayors, Bulletin 2 is issued to commercial banks, and Bulletin 3 is issued to private insurance companies
D.Bulletin 1 is delivered after 1 year, Bulletin 2 after 5 years, and Bulletin 3 is delivered immediately upon citizen oral request
Explanation: In casier judiciaire administration: (1) Bulletin N° 1 (complete record of all convictions, suspensions, and disqualifications) is reserved exclusively for judicial authorities; (2) Bulletin N° 2 (excluding suspended sentences and juvenile convictions) is issued to public administrations and military recruiters; (3) Bulletin N° 3 (custodial sentences only) is delivered to the citizen.
6What is 'Dactylographie Judiciaire' (judicial typing and formatting) performed by the Secrétaire des Greffes?
A.The accurate word-processing, formatting, and layout of judgments, orders, and hearing minutes in strict compliance with statutory procedural standards, layout templates, and correct legal terminology
B.The verbatim shorthand transcription of informal off-the-record conversations between lawyers outside the courtroom
C.The drafting of autonomous legal opinions and discretionary judicial reasoning substituted for the judge's draft
D.The administrative registration of commercial contracts exclusively for tax registration purposes at the conservation foncière
Explanation: Judicial typing is a specialized administrative skill. The Secrétaire des Greffes transcribes handwritten judge drafts into standardized, authentic judicial documents: setting out header titles, court composition, party identities, lawyer references, procedural history ('Faits et Procédure'), judicial reasoning ('Motifs'), and the operative order ('Dispositif').
7What is the 'Registre d'Arrivée du Courrier' maintained by the Secrétaire des Greffes?
A.The chronological register recording every incoming letter, petition, police report, bailiff writ, or administrative transmission, logging the date of receipt, sender, subject matter, and assigned file number
B.An internal court directory listing the private residential addresses and cell numbers of all court personnel
C.A financial accounting register recording only cash consignments and bail payments deposited with the chief clerk
D.A procedural roll recording only final judgment pronouncements rendered at the end of public hearings
Explanation: Every document entering the court registry must be stamped with the date-stamp (timbre dateur) and registered immediately in the Registre d'Arrivée (Courrier Arrivée), receiving an incoming sequential number that fixes the exact legal date of receipt (date certaine).
8What is the 'Registre de Départ du Courrier' managed by the registry secretary?
A.The register recording all official outgoing correspondence, case transmission schedules (bordereaux d'envoi), summonses, and notifications sent by the court to parties, ministries, or other jurisdictions
B.A ledger tracking only the physical transfer of seized criminal narcotics and weapons to the state warehouse
C.A register recording daily attendance signatures and clock-in times of court clerks and administrative staff
D.A docket recording purely internal informal notes exchanged between magistrates within the same chamber
Explanation: The Registre de Départ (Courrier Départ) tracks every document, letter, certificate, or case file dispatched by the court. It logs the transmission date, recipient, subject, reference number, and mode of dispatch (registered mail, administrative transmission, or counter delivery with signed receipt).
9What is the 'Répertoire Général des Affaires Civiles et Commerciales' (RG) and how does the Secrétaire des Greffes enroll a new case?
A.The master docket where the secretary registers the served assignation, records plaintiff and defendant names, counsel names, subject of dispute, assigns the sequential RG number, and logs the initial hearing date
B.The penal investigation docket used exclusively by the investigating judge to track secret witness depositions
C.The financial register where bailiffs deposit collected auction sale proceeds before distribution to creditors
D.The municipal civil status ledger used for registering marriages and birth declarations outside court jurisdiction
Explanation: Upon receiving the served assignation and payment of enrollment fees, the Secrétaire des Greffes enters the lawsuit into the Répertoire Général. The case is assigned its unique sequential docket number (e.g. RG N° 789/2026), creating the official case file (chemise de dossier) and entering it onto the first hearing roll.
10What is the 'Chemise de Dossier' (case folder / dossier d'audience) physically prepared by the Secrétaire des Greffes before trial hearings?
A.A standardized cardboard folder labeled with the RG number, chamber, parties, and attorneys, containing the assignation, written briefs, documentary exhibits, and hearing plumitif sheets
B.An informal temporary envelope used solely for transporting judges' personal correspondence between courthouse buildings
C.A confidential sealed pouch containing only criminal police wiretaps accessible exclusively to state intelligence officers
D.A financial cash voucher folder used by the accounting clerk to store physical fiscal stamps and receipt stubs
Explanation: The chemise de dossier is the standardized physical case folder assembled by the registry secretary. The exterior cover displays the court name, chamber, RG docket number, parties' names, and counsel. Inside, the secretary files the introductory writ, exchange of lawyer briefs, communicated exhibits, and the blank plumitif sheet for the hearing clerk.

About the Secrétaire des Greffes CI Exam

The concours direct de secrétaire des greffes et parquets is the entrance competition to the cycle moyen of the École des Greffes of the Institut National de Formation Judiciaire. It is open to Ivorians aged 18 to 40 holding the Baccalauréat de l'enseignement secondaire général ou technique, and selects the registry officers who staff court intake desks, register civil and criminal lawsuits in the registres d'ordre and répertoires généraux, prepare case dossiers for hearings, transcribe rulings, issue nationality certificates and criminal record extracts, and manage judicial archives. Selection is by four written admissibility papers totalling 12 hours — a sujet de rédaction, organisation judiciaire, organisation politique, économique et administrative, and informatique et bureautique — followed by a 20-minute general-culture exposé and interview. Graduates are posted to trial court registries (Tribunaux de Première Instance and sections détachées) and prosecution secretariats. The official competition is conducted in French. This 100-question bank provides an English-language MCQ study adaptation focused on the registry knowledge the role requires.

Assessment

The concours direct d'admission au cycle de formation des secrétaires des greffes et parquets is organised by the École des Greffes of the Institut National de Formation Judiciaire (INFJ) for holders of the Baccalauréat de l'enseignement secondaire général ou technique. The written admissibility phase comprises four papers: a sujet de rédaction of 4 hours with coefficient 4; a paper on organisation judiciaire of 3 hours with coefficient 3; a paper on organisation politique, économique et administrative of 3 hours with coefficient 3; and a paper on informatique et bureautique of 2 hours with coefficient 2 — 12 hours in total. Only candidates declared admissible sit the oral admission test: a general-culture exposé prepared in 5 minutes, with the exposé and interview before the jury lasting 20 minutes and carrying coefficient 3. For the 2026 session the written papers were sat on 29 and 30 August 2026. Official examinations are sat in French. This bank is an English-language MCQ study adaptation whose questions concentrate on the registry and judicial-organisation knowledge required of a secrétaire des greffes rather than mirroring the paper-by-paper split of the concours.

Time Limit

12 hours of written admissibility papers plus a 20-minute oral exposé and interview

Passing Score

Jury ranking on the weighted written and oral marks within the number of places set by the opening arrêté; only admissible candidates sit the oral test

Exam Fee

About 45,000 FCFA for the 2026 session: 12,500 FCFA droit d'inscription, 5,000 FCFA pochette, 2,500 FCFA prise de vue, 25,000 FCFA visite médicale (Institut National de Formation Judiciaire (INFJ) / Ministère de la Justice)

Secrétaire des Greffes CI Exam Content Outline

61% of our practice bank

Registers, Filing and Document Indexing

Registration of court cases in the répertoire général and registres d'ordre, indexing and numbering of files, delivery of certificates (certificats de nationalité, casiers judiciaires), and judicial archiving.

25% of our practice bank

Court Registry Clerical Tasks

Reception and information of litigants, processing of summons, preparation of case dossiers for hearings, transcription of rulings, and the office-computing skills tested by the informatique et bureautique paper.

9% of our practice bank

Civil Service Regulations and Ethics

Obligations under the Statut Général de la Fonction Publique, confidentiality and professional secrecy, and the institutional material covered by the organisation politique, économique et administrative paper.

5% of our practice bank

Judicial Organisation and Courtroom Support

Matches the 3-hour organisation judiciaire paper: courts of first instance (TPI, sections détachées), cours d'appel, higher jurisdictions, the distinction between siège and parquet, and the judicial map.

How to Pass the Secrétaire des Greffes CI Exam

What You Need to Know

  • Passing score: Jury ranking on the weighted written and oral marks within the number of places set by the opening arrêté; only admissible candidates sit the oral test
  • Assessment: The concours direct d'admission au cycle de formation des secrétaires des greffes et parquets is organised by the École des Greffes of the Institut National de Formation Judiciaire (INFJ) for holders of the Baccalauréat de l'enseignement secondaire général ou technique. The written admissibility phase comprises four papers: a sujet de rédaction of 4 hours with coefficient 4; a paper on organisation judiciaire of 3 hours with coefficient 3; a paper on organisation politique, économique et administrative of 3 hours with coefficient 3; and a paper on informatique et bureautique of 2 hours with coefficient 2 — 12 hours in total. Only candidates declared admissible sit the oral admission test: a general-culture exposé prepared in 5 minutes, with the exposé and interview before the jury lasting 20 minutes and carrying coefficient 3. For the 2026 session the written papers were sat on 29 and 30 August 2026. Official examinations are sat in French. This bank is an English-language MCQ study adaptation whose questions concentrate on the registry and judicial-organisation knowledge required of a secrétaire des greffes rather than mirroring the paper-by-paper split of the concours.
  • Time limit: 12 hours of written admissibility papers plus a 20-minute oral exposé and interview
  • Exam fee: About 45,000 FCFA for the 2026 session: 12,500 FCFA droit d'inscription, 5,000 FCFA pochette, 2,500 FCFA prise de vue, 25,000 FCFA visite médicale

Keys to Passing

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Secrétaire des Greffes CI Study Tips from Top Performers

1Master the structure and jurisdiction of trial courts in Côte d'Ivoire: Tribunaux de Première Instance (TPI) and Sections de Tribunal (Sections Détachées).
2Understand the key registers kept in court registries: Registre d'ordre (entry docket), Répertoire général (general registry of cases), Plumitif (hearing minutes), and Registre des scellés (evidence exhibits).
3Review the core organs of the Ivorian executive and legislative branches: the President of the Republic, Prime Minister, National Assembly, Senate, and local decentralized authorities (Régions, Communes).
4Familiarize yourself with basic judicial administrative drafting: formatting official correspondence, attestation issuance, and record transcription.
5Understand the ethical duties of court staff: professional secrecy (secret professionnel), absolute prohibition of accepting tips or illicit fees (concussion/corruption), and duty of punctuality and public service.

Frequently Asked Questions

What is the role of a Secrétaire des Greffes et Parquets?

A Secrétaire des Greffes is the registry officer trained by the cycle moyen of the INFJ École des Greffes. They handle everyday registry operations: receiving litigants, docketing incoming lawsuits, preparing case files, transcribing decisions, and issuing documents such as casiers judiciaires.

What educational level is required for this competition?

Candidates must hold the Baccalauréat de l'enseignement secondaire général ou technique, or any equivalent diploma, at the date of the arrêté opening the competition, and be aged 18 to 40 on 1 January of that year.

What is a 'casier judiciaire' in Côte d'Ivoire?

The casier judiciaire (criminal record) is an official judicial registry maintained at the court clerk's office recording convictions, issued to citizens as Bulletin n° 3 for employment and administrative procedures.

Where does the training take place after passing the concours?

Training takes place at the INFJ initial-training campus in Yamoussoukro, combined with practical placements in court registries across Côte d'Ivoire.

Is this practice test the official Secrétaire des Greffes exam?

No. The official exam is administered in French by the INFJ. This 100-question bank is an English-language MCQ study adaptation.