A State Counsel before whom a criminal matter has been brought under
conditions laid down in sections 135, 139 and 140, may:
(a) refer the information or complaint to a judicial police officer for investigation;
(b) return the case files to the judicial police for further investigation;
(c) decide to close the matter and inform the complainant of his decision. A copy of the
decision closing the file shall be forwarded to the Procureur General at the Court of Appeal
within a month.
(d) decide to put in the archives the written reports on simple offences for which fixed fines
have been paid.
(e) decide to institute criminal proceedings against the suspect.
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In force from 27 July 2005
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