Iraq News Network published the text of the public prosecutor, passed by the Iraqi Council of Repres

Baghdad / Iraq News Network The House voted on Tuesday to the general allegation Act. Below is the text of the law ..

Name of the people, the Presidency: Based on what passed the House of Representatives and approved by the President of the Republic on the basis of the provisions of subsection [first] article [61] and item [III] of Article 73 and Article 89 of the Constitution, issued follows no law [] for the year 2016, the public prosecution Act: 
Article 1. First: [based device called [General Prosecution Service] is one of the components of the federal judiciary enjoys financial and administrative independence and be based in Baghdad. 
Second year Prosecution Service enjoys a moral personality and is represented by the chief prosecutor or his nominee 
Article 2 This law aims, to the following: 
First , protect the state and its security system and to ensure that the best interests of the people andthe preservation of state funds and the public sector. 
Second support federal democratic system and protect founded and concepts within the frameworkof respect for legality and respect for law enforcement. 
Third to contribute with the judiciary and the competent authorities in the rapid detection of criminal acts, and to work on the speed of resolving the issues and avoid postponing trials without justification, especially crimes against state security and its federal democratic. 
Fourth monitor the implementation of the decisions and judgments and punishments according to law. 
Fifth contribute to the monitoring of crime and disputes and provide scientific proposals for processing and reduced phenomenon. 
Sixth contribute to the family and child protection. 
Seventh contribute to the evaluation of the legislation in force to see how compliance with the evolving reality. 
Article 3 First : Public Prosecution Service of the President and the Vice President and a number of prosecutors and deputy prosecutors and assistants Prosecutors composed. 
Second enjoys public prosecutors and judges all the privileges rights. 
Article 4 - First - the chief prosecutor be appointed from among the judges of the first class who served for a period not less than three years as prime appeals court or vice - president appeals court or deputy chief prosecutor, prosecutor nominated by the Supreme Judicial Council and the consentof the House of Representatives for four years and it issued a presidential decree and thus may bethe renewal of the once upon a proposal by the Supreme Judicial Council and the consent of the House of Representatives. 
Secondly appointed deputy head of the public prosecution by a presidential decree for projects years , renewable once on the nomination of the chief prosecutor of the prosecutors in the appellate district center is the first category or the judges of the first class who served as vice president of an appellate court , and who have spent in office for at least 2 years. 
III appointed public prosecutor from among the graduates of the Federal Judicial Institute or the Judicial Institute in the region or from lawyers and jurists who did not exceed the age of [50] years old and have experience in their field for at least [10] ten years. 
Fourth appoints prosecutors of the Supreme Judicial Council , the courts , among the prosecutors of Class I or Class II , nominated by the chief prosecutor and the decision of the Supreme Judicial Council. 
Fifthly appointed prosecutor in the appellate areas between the prosecutors from the first class or among deputy heads of the Courts of Appeal proposal of the chief prosecutor and the decision of the Supreme Judicial Council. 
Sixth appointed Attorney General in front of the Criminal Court and before the juvenile court andthe prosecutor in the Iraqi Corrections Service, the reform of the events between the prosecutors from the first class or second class , nominated by the chief prosecutor and the decision of the Supreme Judicial Council. 
Seventh - [1] shall be appointed an assistant public prosecution legal holds an initial degree in law service of not less than [3] three years in the courts or legal agencies , or those who have the serviceof not less than five years as a lawyer after passing a competitive test session qualifying him for not less than [6] six months in the judicial development Institute or the judicial Institute. 
[2] practiced Deputy public prosecutor following tasks: 
Represent the public right of every call is a party and have a discount , along with the legal representative of the department concerned 
Carry out the tasks that Itolha public prosecutor after the mandate of Chief Prosecutor 
[3] to the chief prosecutor appointed Associate Deputy Public Prosecutor General for the prosecution if it has a service of not less than [3] three years in the assistant public prosecutor after passing the qualifying session and the competitive examination. 
Article 5 The public prosecutor following tasks: 
First : the establishment of the lawsuit public right issues and financial and administrative corruption and follow - up. 
Second monitor investigations of crimes and gather evidence needed for the investigation, and to take all that would come to expose the crime. 
Thirdly present when the investigation of a felony or a misdemeanor, and the submission of comments and requests of legal and attendance at criminal court hearings , except Federal Cassation Court, appeals and applications to the Criminal Court and the Court of Appeal as the original when considering judgments and decisions in misdemeanor proceedings and to the Court of Appeal as discriminatory or Court of Cassation according to federal jurisdiction. 
IV exercise the powers of an investigating judge in his absence at the scene. 
Fifth appear before the labor courts and the Committee judges Affairs and the Committee on General Affairs prosecutors and courts spend staff and administrative judiciary courts and commissions of discipline and customs and audit committees in the income tax, and any commission or committee or board a penal judicial nature. 
Sixth attendance in civil proceedings to which the State is a party or related to the civil rights arising out of the state for criminal proceedings and the statement of his words and Mutalath and review the methods of appeal against the decisions and verdicts in these cases and follow - up. 
Seventh scrutiny suits from the criminal courts punishable by death or life imprisonment or life imprisonment and suits from the juvenile courts and provide readings and the appeals 
Eighth consider citizens ' complaints submitted to him by the stakeholders, or referred to it by the competent authorities and sent to the competent judicial authority and followed up with a statementof his opinion in the matter. 
IX supervision and inspection departments attitudes and the Iraqi Corrections Service, the reformof the events and provide them monthly reports to the concerned authorities. 
X. applications and express an opinion in the pledge to save peace and good behavior and re - trial and letters rogatory, extradition and other issues that are provided by law issues 0 
Eleventh challenge the constitutionality of laws and regulations before the Federal Supreme Court. 
XII investigation of financial and administrative corruption and all against the duties of public office stipulated crimes crimes in the Penal Law No. 111 of 1969 [average] in accordance with the provisions of the Criminal Procedure Act No. 23 of 1971 amended the penal laws complementary to that referred the case Within 24 hours of the date of the arrest of the accused to the investigating judge. 
XIII create a circle at the head of the public prosecution department called the administrative and financial Prosecutor and issues of public money administered by the Attorney General for his service of not less than [15] years to oversee the financial and administrative prosecution offices inthe state departments. 
XIV establishes the Office of Financial and Administrative Public Prosecution in the ministries and bodies exercising independent competence in accordance with the provisions of paragraph [II] of this article. 
Article 6 on the public prosecutors appear before the personal status courts and other civil courts in cases related to minors and interdicted by the absentee and missing persons and cases of divorce, separation and abandonment of family and homeless children, and any lawsuit Prosecutors deem necessary intervention in which to protect the family and childhood, and has the right to appeal , including issues for the party of the provisions and decisions.

Article 7 first chief prosecutor shall take measures to ensure to avoid breaking the law or violatingthe law in accordance with the 0 
Secondly A. If it turns out the chief prosecutor for breach of the law in the judgment or decision of a state court except criminal courts or in the decision of the judicial committee or the Director General of the care of minors department or care specialist minors manager or the port of Justice would damage the interests of the state or minor or money or any of them in violation of public order shall then appeal the verdict or the decision in favor of the law even though it is too legal period for appeal if no one with the relationship had not been challenged or challenged in the appeal stated in terms of form 0 
B is not permitted to appeal to the interests of the law in accordance with the provisions of paragraph [a] of this item if it goes [5] five years to gain a judgment or decision become final 0 
Third , for the chief prosecutor to ask the Federal Court of Cassation temporarily stop the investigation and trial procedures or in the final state of the proceedings until a decision which , if any reason to justify it under the provisions of the Code of Criminal Procedure. 
Article 8 is a criminal court hearings and juvenile courts not in session when you do not attend the public prosecutor. 
Article 9 first committed to the existing authorities to investigate News Prosecutors crimes and misdemeanors as soon as the flag, and the state departments to tell him in case the occurrence of any felony or misdemeanor related to public right. 
Second is committed to the competent authorities inform the public prosecutor formation of committees, commissions and councils , which is investigating the issues being dealt with before the hearing , where the duration of not less than [8] eight days, and to provide him with copies of the decisions issued by [15] fifteen days from the date of issuance that. 
Article 10 First Criminal Court sent to the Presidency of the public prosecution directly lawsuits resolved by the law of crimes punishable by the death penalty or life imprisonment or life imprisonment. 
Second juvenile court sent to the Presidency of the public prosecution felonies resolved by lawsuits. 
Article 11 of the first member of the prosecution to appeal under the provisions of the law in judgments and decisions and measures issued by the investigating judges, courts and commissions stipulated in this law. 
Second appeal period applicable to the public prosecutor , starting from the day following the dateof pronouncement of such judgments and decisions and measures when attending or from the next day of notification when not attending 0 
Third period starts correcting the discriminatory decision of the day following the date of prosecutorial decision - discriminatory and is committed to the agency that issued the decision subject to appeal by prosecutors to notify the public through [30] thirty days from the date of issue. 
IV exempted public prosecutors from paying any fees due to appeal against the judgments and decisions issued in civil proceedings. 
Article 12 First Court provides when issuing the sentence or measure a negative freedom prosecutor in the Iraqi Corrections Service, the reform of the events both as competent a copy of the decision of conviction or criminality or deposit and governance with the prison memorandum or deposit or confinement and a copy of any decision rendered by the Court in this regard. 
Second , following the public prosecutor implementation of judgments, decisions and measures set forth in item [first] of this article. 
Third , tell the Iraqi Corrections Service, the reform of the events in writing appointed Attorney General or the index in front at the end of sanctions and measures against the convict. 
Fourthly if you find sentenced to death pregnant For the Iraqi Corrections Department, upon receiving it implement the verdict approached the Attorney General in the Iraqi reform circle so to show remarks is available to the chief prosecutor and the chief prosecutor be provided to the President of the Supreme Judicial Council , together with his opinion , causing the postponement of execution of the judgment or replaced on according to the procedures stipulated in this law , or inthe Code of criminal procedure. 
Fifthly may pay the fine or sentence proportional part of it , to the headquarters of the Attorney General in the Iraqi reform department or the repair events department and then are released convict him off, and sends the amount of the fine paid to the competent court. 
The sixth member of the prosecution in the circle of the Iraqi reform or repair events Bmayati circle: 
A express an opinion on parole requests, and monitoring the health of the released policeman implementation of the conditions and obligations imposed by the court and news for all you committed a breach of those conditions, it has to draw on local councils and social organizations, to achieve this. 
To provide the court with information that had to reconsider its decision to release the policeman in whole or in part, or to postpone it decides to implement it , or decided to implement postponed fromthe original sanctions or subsidiary. 
Seventh Court listen to the reading public prosecutor before making its decision to cancel the decision of the conditional release for a foul released to the terms of the conditional release or issuance sentenced to deprivation of liberty. 
Eighth Prosecutor attend in the Iraqi reform circle at the execution, as a member of the implementation body, and has to be sent one of his deputies for this purpose. 
Article 13 , first chief prosecutor exercise the right to supervise the Public Prosecution and control Hassan by its members , the Terms of Reference set forth in this law and their behavior and their personal behavior and regularity of their business and their shift and control obligations stipulated in this law and in the organization of magistrates and public prosecutors Act. 
Secondly , the President of the judicial oversight body to implement the tasks of overseeing and monitoring as stipulated in item [first] of this Article may inspect the public prosecution system in all its formations or delegate to this one panelist purpose to do the job , as appropriate, and report it to the chief prosecutor device The Supreme Judicial Council and the Council of Representatives. 
Article 14 of the chief prosecutor that alerts the public prosecutor, to whatever it is contrary to the duties and requirements of his job.
Article -15- while not provided for in this Law shall apply the provisions of the Judicial Organization Law No. 160 of 1979] or the salaries and allowances of judges, prosecutors , law or civil service law in force or any superseding law. 
Article 16 of the Supreme Judicial Council to instruct, to facilitate the implementation of the provisions of this law. 
Article 17 The Public Prosecution Law No. [159] of 1979 and the remaining instructions issued pursuant thereto window until a Maihl replaced or repealed 
Article 18 of this Act shall be the date of its publication in the Official Gazette. 
Reasons: the changes that took place after the issuance of the Public Prosecution Law No. [159] of 1979, in order keep up with these changes and compatibility with the new legislation, and to ensure good performance in the federal judicial power components, this law was enacted.


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