Recently the Constitutional Court of the RA has accepted to the proceedings the unified case on the constitutionality of Parts 5 and 6 of Article 197 of the RA Criminal Procedure Code based on the applications of the Court of General Jurisdiction of Malatia-Sebastia Administrative District of Yerevan City.
The Constitutional Court will review it on 28 July, by written procedure.
The respondent in the case is the RA National assembly, which has adopted the RA Criminal Procedure Code.
The contested provisions of Article 197 of the RA Criminal Procedure Code that refer to the terms of the preliminary inquiry provide that the terms of the preliminary inquiry may be extended by the prosecutor, based on the reasoned decision of the investigator. The investigator shall introduce the above mentioned decision for the consideration of the prosecutor at least 3 days prior to the expiry of the term.
