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Who prosecutes election-related criminal offences?

Belarus

Belarus

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Public prosecutor
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Constitution of the Republic of Belarus (asof 1996, in English)

 

Source: http://www.belarus.net/costitut/constitution_e.htm

 

Article 125. The Procurator-General of theRepublic of Belarus and subordinate public prosecutors shall be entrusted tosupervise the strict and unified implementation of the laws, decrees,regulations and other enforceable enactments by ministers and other bodies subordinateto the Council of Ministers, as well as by local representative and executivebodies, enterprises, organizations, establishments, public associations,officials and citizens.

 

The Procurator's office shall exercisesupervision over the implementation of the laws determining the execution ofthe verdicts of the courts in civil, criminal and administrative cases ininstances determined by the law, as well as shall carry out preliminaryinvestigation and support state charges in the courts.

 

Criminal Procedure Code of the Republic ofBelarus (as of 2012, in Russian)

 

Source: http://etalonline.by/?type=text&regnum=hk9900295#load_text_none_1_

 

Article34. 1 The prosecutor is a public official who within his/hercompetence, on behalf of the state conducts prosecution and supports publicprosecution in court.

4. During the pre-trialproceedings of the criminal case materials the prosecutor shall institute acriminal case, conduct criminal proceedings and investigation, using the powersof the investigator, or delegates the investigation to a subordinate prosecutoror the appropriate authority.
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