CRIMINAL RESPONSIBILITY
La police judiciaire recherche les crimes, les délits et les contraventions, en rassemble les preuves et en livre les auteurs aux tribunaux chargés de les punir. Lorsqu’une information est ouverte, elle exécute les délégations des juridictions d’instruction et défère à leurs réquisitions.
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The judicial police authorities, the public prosecutor and the courts ensure that victims are informed and that the rights of victims are guaranteed during all criminal proceedings. Any person suspected or prosecuted is presumed innocent until proven guilty. Violations of his presumption of innocence are prevented, repaired and punished under the conditions provided for by law. She has the right to be informed of the charges against her and to be assisted by a defender.
If the suspected or accused person does not understand the official language, he has the right, in a language he understands and until the end of the proceedings, to the assistance of an interpreter, including for meetings with his lawyer. having a direct link with any questioning or any hearing, and, except express and informed renunciation on his part
Anyone convicted of an offense has the right to have their case reviewed by a higher court. In criminal matters, no conviction can be pronounced against a person solely on the basis of statements that he has made without having been able to talk to a lawyer and be assisted by him.
The judicial police search for crimes, misdemeanors and contraventions, collect the evidence and deliver the perpetrators to the courts responsible for punishing them. When information is opened, it executes the delegations of the investigating courts and defers to their requisitions.
The judicial police is exercised under the direction of the public prosecutor by the officers and agents of the judicial police, as well as by the civil servants and agents to whom certain functions of the judicial police are attributed by law.