Where counsels are not resident in the place of the investigation, the time limit shall be extended to eight days. The proceeding must be made available to the counsel of the person charged at least two working days before each questioning or confrontation. It must also be made available to the counsel of the party claiming damages no later than two working days before the hearing of the latter. The investigating judge may, however, carry out immediate questioning and confrontations if the urgency results either from the state of a witness or a person jointly charged in danger of death, or from the existence of clues that could disappear, or if he/she goes to the scene in the event of a flagrant offence. The report on the questioning or confrontation shall be drawn up in the manner provided for in Article 10 1. ART 111: As soon as the proceedings are over, the investigating judge shall send the report to the counsels of the person charged and the party claiming damages before sending it to the State Counsel for his/her submissions. This sending shall be done through the registrar of the investigat ing court if the counsels are resident in the place of the investigations. Where counsels reside outside the place of the investigations, this sending shall be done at the registry of the court of the place of residence of the counsels through the Public Prosecutor’s Office. The proceedings must be returned to the investigating judge no later than eight working days after notice is given to the counsel on the availability of the case file. ART 112: The counsels of the person charged and the party claiming damages, both during the investigation and after having received the proceedings at the court registry, may make written submissions during the hearing of new witnesses, confrontations, expert opin ions and all inquiry operations they deem useful in the defence of the person charged and in the interest of the party claiming damages. The judge must give reasons for passing any order by which he/she refuses to carry out any additional investigation measures requested of him/her. The defendant and the party claiming damages, by themselves or through their counsel, may appeal against this order. The appeal must be lodged at the court registry within a period of twenty-four hours from the time the order is made known by the court registrar to the counsels. ART 113: The State Counsel may attend the questioning and confrontations of the person charged, the hearings of the party claiming damages, and the testimony of witnesses. He/she may speak only to ask questions and after being authorized by the investigating judge. In event of refusal, mention of the incident shall be noted in the report and the text of the questions shall be reproduced or attached thereto. Whenever the State Counsel informs the investigating judge of his/her intention to attend questioning or confrontation session, the court registrar of the investigating judge must, under pain of a civil fine of five thousand francs issued by the President of the Indictment Chamber, notify him/her through a simple note not later than two days before the questioning or hearing. ART 114: The investigating judge may, as the case may be, issue a bench, detention or arrest warrant. A bench warrant shall refer to an order given by the judge to a law enforcement officer to immediately bring the person charged before him. The investigating judge may issue a bench warrant against a witness who refuses to appear after being duly summoned in accordance with Article 10 1 and without prejudice to the penalties provided for in Article 84 of the Criminal Code. 22

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