Who prosecutes election-related criminal offences?
Bulgaria
Article 46. (1) The prosecutor shall bring and maintain the accusation in crimesof general nature. (2) In execution of his/her tasks under Para. 1, theprosecutor shall:
1. rule the investigation and carry out a permanentsupervision of its lawful and due execution as a monitoring prosecutor; 2. maycarry out investigation or separate actions of investigation and otherprocedural actions; 3. participate in the Court procedure as a stateprosecutor;
4. take measures for removal of the admitted breaches of the law,following the order as established by this Code and shall exercise supervisionof lawfulness upon execution of the compulsory measures.
Source: Penal ProcedureCode of the Republic of Bulgaria Prom. SG. 83/18 Oct 2005, amend. SG. 46/12 Jun2007, amend. SG. 109/20 Dec 2007, amend. SG. 69/5 Aug 2008, amend. SG. 109/23Dec 2008, amend. SG. 12/13 Feb 2009, amend. SG. 27/10 Apr 2009, amend. SG.32/28 Apr 2009, amend. SG. 33/30 Apr 2009, amend. SG. 15/23 Feb 2010, amend.SG. 32/27 Apr 2010, amend. SG. 101/28 Dec 2010, amend. SG. 13/11 Feb 2011
