she is affiliated with. In the case of a person who does not work at an institution, enterprise or
organization, the remuneration and travel expenses shall be borne by the institution who has
called him or her.
SECTION VII: COMMENCEMENT OF CRIMINAL CASE
Article 82 (Commencement and Person in Charge of a Criminal Case)
The handling of a criminal case shall commence from the time a detective decides to open an
investigation. In cases where a detective does not decide to open an investigation, the handling
of a criminal case shall commence from the time of the investigator or prosecutor’s decision to
hand it over for investigation, the prosecutor’s decision to hand it over to preliminaries, or the
ruling of the Court to hand it over to a prosecutor.
Article 83 (Foundation of Commencement of Criminal Case)
The commencement of a criminal case shall be on the basis of a report of a crime from an
institution, enterprise, organization, or citizen. A criminal case many also commence based on
criminal data the legal institution concerned has directly collected.
Article 84 (Duty to Preserve Evidence and Report Crime)
An institution, enterprise, organization or citizen who knows that a crime is being prepared or
committed or has been committed shall preserve the crime scene, goods that are significant for
resolving a crime, or documents so they do not spoil, and shall report it soon to people’s safety,
prosecutorial, or safety and defence institutions.
Article 85 (Form of Reporting Crime)
Reports of crimes may be done orally or in writing.
Article 86 (Method of Receiving Reports of Crime)
The receipt of reports of crime shall be done by the method of receiving a declaration or a police
report. The recipient of the report shall inform the reporter that he or she shall bear criminal
liability if he or she makes a false report. On a declaration shall be stated the name and address
of the reporter, and on a police report shall be stated things like the identity of the reporter, the
content of the report, and a form of words that criminal liability shall be borne for false reports.
Article 87 (Compulsory Receipt and Transfer of a Report of Crime)
In the case of a report of crime, a people’s safety, prosecutorial, or safety and defence institution
shall receive it regardless of jurisdiction and report data included in the jurisdiction of another
institution shall soon be handed over to the institution concerned.
Article 88 (Notice of Outcome of Report of Crime)