ART 27: If a felony is committed at the hearing of a court subject to appeal, the judge or the court, after having arrested the offender and drawing up a report of the facts, shall send the documents and the defendant before the Public Prosecutor. ART 28: In respect of an assault that would have degenerated into a felony or any other flagrant felonies committed at the hearing of the Judicial Bench of the Supreme Court, the Court of Appeal or the Court of Assizes, the court shall pass judgement immediately. It shall hear the witnesses, the offender and the counsel whom he/she has chosen or has been designated by the President, and after having verified the facts and heard the Public Prosecutor publicly, it shall apply the sentence through a reasoned judgeme nt. In the Court of Assizes, only the judges, with the exception of the assessors, shall exercise the powers defined above. ART 29 : Judicial police officials, when publicly performing certain acts of their office, shall also exercise the police functions regulated by Article 25, and after having seized the disturbers, they shall draw up a report of the misdemeanour and send it, if need be, as well as the authors, before the competent judges. PART II THE INITIATION OF CRIMINAL PROCEEDINGS AND CIVIL PROCEEDINGS CHAPTER I - GENERAL PROVISIONS ART 30: Except where the law provides otherwise and without prejudice to the rights of the defence, investigation and investigation proceedings shall be confidential. Anyone who contributes to this procedure shall be bound by professional secrecy under the conditions and penalties stipulated in Article 130 of the Penal Code. CHAPTER Il - THE JUDICIAL POLICE - JUDICIAL POLICE OFFICIALS AND OFFICERS ART 31: The judicial police shall operate under the guidance of the State Counsel, by officials, civil servants and officers designated for this purpose. In the jurisdiction of the court of appeal, it shall be supervised by the Attorney General and controlled by the Indictment Chamber. It shall be tasked with uncovering violations of criminal law, gathering evidence of such violations and identifying their perpetrators, unless and until a criminal investigation has been opened. Where a criminal investigation has been opened, it shall perform the duties delegated to it by the judicial investigation authorities and defers to their orders. ART 32: The judicial police shall include: 1. judicial police officials; 2. judicial police officers; 3. civil servants and agents to whom the law assigns certain judicial police functions. 6