Criminal Procedure Code of the Kyrgyz Republic - Legislationline

1) make sure requirements of the law are followed during registration and processing of
reports on committed or preparing crimes;
2) charge an investigator or a group of investigators with the investigation of a criminal
case;
3) approve a rejection of an investigator and his rejection of his nomination;
4) give orders in writing to an investigator concerning the investigation of a case, choice,
change, and repeal of sanctions, qualification of an offense, and performing
investigational and other proceedings;
5) consider objections of an investigator as provided herein when the investigator disagrees
with orders of the prosecutor provided that the prosecutor carries out the prosecutorial
review;
6) repeal illegal and ungrounded resolutions of an investigator and lower-rank prosecutor,
make resolutions for adjournment, dismissal of proceedings for the case;
7) consider complaints and petitions from decisions and actions of the agency of preliminary
investigation, of the investigator and lower-rank prosecutor;
8) discharge the investigator and lower-rank prosecutor from further participation in
criminal proceedings on the case provided that they violated the law;
9) address pertinent agencies with petitions to deprive the immunity persons enjoying the
right of immunity provided that criminal proceedings should be instituted against them;
10) represent prosecution in court;
11) return cases to the investigator for additional investigation on the gaps in the case;
12) dismiss the criminal case against the defendant and change the charge;
13) give orders in writing to the agency of preliminary investigation concerning detection and
search necessary for the criminal case;
14) give orders concerning protection of the victim, witness and other participants of the
criminal proceedings;
15) release illegally arrested persons from custody;
16) extend the period for investigation and the period of arrest for the defendant;
(3) Prosecutor shall be charged with other authorities as provided herein.
(4) Orders of the prosecutor to the agencies of preliminary investigation and investigation
concerning the institution of criminal proceedings and investigation of criminal cases shall be
binding for the latter provided that the orders were given in accordance with the procedure
provided herein. Appeal of such orders to a higher-rank prosecutor shall not suspend their
execution.
(As edited by the Law of the KR dated 28 June 2001 #62)
Article 35. Investigator
(1) An investigator is a state official who, within his authorities, performs investigation of
criminal cases.
(2) Investigator initiates prosecution, investigates the case and carries out all investigational
proceedings provided herein.
(3) Investigator shall personally decide on issues of investigation and actions of investigation
except those cases when, in accordance with the law, an action shall be authorized by
prosecutor. The investigator shall be totally responsible for the legality of such actions and
for their timely fulfillment.