SECTION 7

(1) Any complaint, accusation or petition relating to any of the offences cited under Section 2 shall be subject to investigations ordered by the Procureur General of the Court. (2) He shall exercise the functions of the State Counsel during the preliminary or judicial investigations. (3) A specialized corps of judicial police officers placed under his control shall be responsible for investigating and carrying out rogatory commissions. (4) Preliminary investigation shall be closed after a period of 30 (thirty) days, renewable twice. The period for remand in custody shall be that provided for by the Criminal Procedure Code. (5) Upon the closure of preliminary investigations, the case file shall be forwarded to the Procureur General. (6) The Procureur General may: - close the case file; or - order the conduct of a judicial inquiry. However, where the loss is below 50 000 000 CFA francs, the Procureur General of the Court shall transfer the case file to the competent Procureur General.