(1) Apart from the duties defined in section 82, judicial police officers shall receive complaints
and reports against persons and shall make prelimina11' investigations according to the
conditions provided for in sections 116 to 120.
(2) In cases of felonies and misdemeanours committed flagrante delicto, they shall exercise
the powers conferred on them by sections 104 to 115.
(3) They shall have a right to request directly the assistance of the forces of law and order in
the discharge of their duties.
(4) They shall receive instructions from the State Counsel to car11' out all investigations or any
additional investigation which he considers necessary.
(5) The State Counsel may stop any judicial police officer from continuing with the
investigation. In such a case, he shall inform that officer's immediate superior of his reason for
doing so.
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