6 INVESTIGATION BODIES ARE ENVISAGED TO OPERATE IN ARMENIA
Noyan Tapan
Sep 4, 2007
YEREVAN, SEPTEMBER 4, NOYAN TAPAN. The formation process of
investigation bodies hearing criminal cases will finish in the
Republic of Armenia by December 1. Thus, the function of conducting an
examination will pass on to the police from the prosecutor’s office,
as well as to the investigation bodies being formed in the tax,
customs bodies, and in that of the national security, according
to spheres. The examination on military cases is envisaged to be
implemented by the investigation body to be formed in the system of
the RA Ministry of Defence.
The draft law on creating another investigation body is currently
in circulation in the RA Government. According to this draft law,
this body, which is not in the structure of the government, is to
examine cases of corruptive character of high-ranking officials,
as well as those of the crimes committed by law enforcement bodies,
in particular. In case this draft law is approved by the RA National
Assembly, the activities of the above-mentioned investigation bodies
will be set in the amendments of the Code of the RA Criminal Trial
to be approved by the National Assembly.