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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.