Who carries out investigation for election-related criminal offenses?

Republic of The Congo (Brazzaville)

Republic of The Congo (Brazzaville)

Answer
Police
Source

Law n? 1-63 of 13 January 1963 on the code of penalprocedure / Loi n? 1-63 du 13 janvier 1963 portant code de proc?dure p?nal

 

Art. 14 (1): The police is responsible, according to the provisions laiddown in this law, to record offenses under the criminal law, to collectevidence and to search for other information that is not open.

(?Elle est charg?e, suivant les distinctions ?tablies aupr?sent titre de constater les infractions ? la loi p?nale, d'en rassembler lespreuves et d'en rechercher les autres tant qu'une information n'est pasouverte.?)

 

Link: http://www.cesbc.org/congo/Lois/Loi%201-63.pdf
Comment
The electoral lawdoes not contain any specific provisions regarding the investigation andprosecution of election-related criminal offenses. Therefore, the generalprovisions of the code of penal procedure shall be applied.
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