6 Chapter II The Prosecution Attorneys Bureau and Powers thereof Formation of the Criminal Prosecution Bureau 17.(1) The Criminal Prosecution Bureau shall consist of :(a) the Minister of Justice; (b) the Prosecution Attorneys. (2) Each of the Under-Secretary of the Ministry of Justice, the Prosecutor-General and the head of the Prosecution Attorneys Bureau, in the state, shall be an ex-officio Prosecution Attorney. Establishment and organization of Prosecution Attorneys Bureaux 18.(1) Prosecution Attorneys Bureaux shall be established, by warrants of establishment, to be made by the Minister of Justice. He shall specify the extent of venue of jurisdiction thereof, and may establish specialized Prosecution Attorneys Bureaux, for any of the types of offences . (2) The Minister of Justice shall make such regulations, as may organize the work of Prosecution Attorneys Bureaux, lay down the structures thereof, the grades of members of the same and their relations. Powers of the Criminal Prosecution Bureau to supervise the criminal suit 19. The Criminal Prosecution Bureau shall have the power to supervise the progress of the criminal suit, and direct the inquiry, and likewise shall have the function to prefer the charge, and exercise prosecution, before the criminal courts . Powers of the Prosecution Attorneys Bureau granted 20. The Minister of Justice may grant powers of the Prosecution Attorneys Bureau, in inquiry, to any person, or commission, whenever he deems that the same is in achievement of justice . Confirmation and appeal of decisions of the Prosecution Attorneys Bureau 21.(1) The Prosecution Attorney shall submit his decision of dismissal of the criminal suit to his direct superior. Where he confirms the same, it shall be submited to the president of the Prosecution Attorneys Buearu in the state. (2) The decision of the Prosecution Attorney of refusing to initiate the criminal suit, or of refusing preference of charge and his decision of prefering the charge, or arrest, and seizure, which restricts freedom, as to life, or property shall be appealable to his direct superior.

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