SECTION 8

(1) In the performance of their control and evaluation missions, Inspectors General, Inspectors and Controllers shall: - have access to all the documents of the services inspected; - carry out control of Court Registries and Legal Departments as well as investigations to improve the qualitative and quantitative output of courts, as concerns the Inspectorate General of Judicial Services; - carry out control of Regional Delegations of the Penitentiary Administration and of Prisons, as well as investigations to improve the quantitative and qualitative output of the said services; - request in writing, additional information, explanations or documents from the Officials in charge of the services inspected who shall be bound to reply within the time-limit stipulated; - in case of need and upon authorization from the Minister of Justice, temporarily have at their disposal the necessary staff from other services of the Ministry. - call upon the forces of law and order, if necessary, and upon the approval of the Minister to give them assistance so as to establish in writing that public funds have been embezzled; - perform any other mission that may be entrusted to them by the Minister of Justice. (2) A report shall be drawn up on each inspection or control mission and forwarded to the Minister. A copy of the said report shall be sent to the Secretary General of the Ministry. (3) The Minister shall forward a copy of this report to the Minister in charge of Administrative Reform and to the Minister in charge of the Supreme State Audit. (4) The Minister shall forward a bi-annual control report and an annual control report of the activities of the Inspectorate General to the Prime Minister, Head of Government. (5) The Minister shall forward a copy of the annual control report of the activities of the Inspectorate General to the President of the Republic.