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b)передать дело другому следователю

c)материалы уголовного дела

d)отменять неправомерные решения

e)отстранить от расследования

f)продлить срок предварительного следствия

g)не соответствие требованиям h) закрытие уголовного дела

Exercise 2 Say if the sentences are true or false. Correct the wrong ones.

1.The chief of an investigatory agency is entitled to initiate criminal proceedings, to take over a criminal case and to carry out a preliminary investigation in full, while enjoying, in so doing, the authority of an investigator or the chief of an investigatory group.

2.The oral instructions of the chief of an investigatory agency in respect of a criminal case must be followed by an investigator without fail.

3.Appealing against these instructions shall never suspend their execution.

4.The chief of an investigatory agency shall consider at the latest in ten days a prosecutor's demands for reversal of an unlawful decision of an investigator and for elimination of other breaches of the federal legislation made in the course of pre-trial proceedings.

5.The chief of an investigatory agency is authorized to extend the duration of a preliminary investigation.

Exercise 3 Complete these sentences.

1.The chief of an investigatory agency is to entrust an investigator with ………..

2.The chief of an investigatory agency is to check ………………

3.The chief of an investigatory agency gives instructions to an investigator as to

…………………….

4.The chief of an investigatory agency gives his/her consent as to ………….

5.The chief of an investigatory agency may debar an investigator from further investigation, if …………………

TEXT 4.

Criminal Procedure Code Article 40.

The Body of Inquiry

1.The bodies of inquiry shall be:

1)the internal affairs bodies of the Russian Federation and their territorial units, including line, departments (sections, divisions) of the police, the bodies exercising control over the traffic of narcotic agents and psychotropic substances, as well as the other executive power bodies, granted the powers for the performance of an operational-search activity in conformity with the federal law;

2)the bodies of the Federal Bailiff Service;

3)the commanders of military units and formations, the heads of military institutions or garrisons.

4)the bodies of the state fire supervision of the Federal Fire-Prevention

Service.

2.Upon the bodies of inquiry shall be imposed:

1)an inquiry on the criminal cases, conducting a preliminary investigation on which a preliminary investigation is not obligatory;

2)performance of the urgent investigative actions on the criminal cases, conducting a preliminary investigation on which a preliminary investigation is obligatory;

3)exercise of other powers provided for by this Code.

3. Institution of a criminal case and performance of urgent investigative actions shall also be imposed upon:

1)the captains of the sea and river vessels on a long voyage - on the criminal cases on crimes, committed on board of the said ships;

2)the heads of the geological prospecting parties and winterings a long distance from the places of location of the bodies of inquiry, named in the first part of the present Article - on criminal cases on crimes committed at the place of location of the given parties and wintering;

3)the heads of the diplomatic representations and the consular institutions of the Russian Federation - on the criminal cases on crimes, committed within the boundaries of the territories of the given representations and institutions.

Exercise 1 Find these words and word combinations in the text.

a)органы наркоконтроля

b)федеральная служба судебных приставов

c)командиры воинских частей и соединений

d)начальники военных учреждений и гарнизонов

e)органы Государственной противопожарной службы

f)капитаны судов

g)руководители геологоразведочных партий и зимовок

h)главы дипломатических представительств

Exercise 2 Say if the sentences are true or false. Correct the wrong ones.

1.The bodies of inquiry are responsible for an inquiry on the criminal cases, conducting a preliminary investigation on which it is not obligatory;

2.The bodies of inquiry perform urgent investigative actions on the criminal cases, conducting a preliminary investigation on which a preliminary investigation is not obligatory.

3.The heads of the diplomatic representations and the consular institutions are considered the bodies of inquiry into crimes, committed outside the territories of the given representations and institutions.

Exercise 3 Complete these sentences.

1.The bodies of inquiry include ……………..

2.The duties of the bodies of inquiry may institute a criminal case and perform investigative actions on ………………

3.The captains of the sea and river vessels may institute a criminal case on

……………………….

4.The heads of the geological prospecting parties and winterings perform urgent investigative actions on …………………………….

Exercise 4 Answer these questions

1.What are the bodies of inquiry?

2.What powers are imposed on the bodies of inquiry?

3.Who is to initiate a criminal case and perform urgent investigative actions under certain limited conditions?

TEXT 5.

Criminal Procedure Code Article 40.1.

The Head of an Inquiry Unit

1.With respect to his subordinate inquirers, the head of an inquiry unit shall be authorized to:

1) entrust an inquirer with the check of a report about a crime, the adoption of a decision thereon, the performance of urgent investigative actions or the conduct of an inquiry in a criminal case;

2) withdraw a criminal case from an inquirer and transfer it to another inquirer with an obligatory indication of the grounds for such transfer; 3) repeal unfounded rulings of an inquirer on the suspension of the conduct of an inquiry in a criminal case; 4) submit to the procurator a motion for repealing illegal or unfounded rulings of an inquirer on a refusal to initiate a criminal case.

2.The head of an inquiry unit can initiate a criminal case, accept a criminal case for his proceedings and conduct an inquiry in full while having, in doing so, the authority of an inquirer and if a group of inquirers has been created for investigating a criminal case, then the authority of the head of such group.

3.When exercising the authority , the head of an inquiry unit can: 1) check the materials of a criminal case 2) give an inquirer instructions on the direction of an investigation, the conduct of certain investigative actions, on the choice of a measure of restraint with respect to a suspect, on the classification of a crime and on the volume of a charge.

4.The instructions of the head of an inquiry unit in a criminal case shall be given in written form and shall be obligatory for execution by an inquirer, but they can be appealed against by him to the head of the inquiry body or to the procurator. The appeal of instructions shall not suspend their execution. The inquirer an submit to the head of the inquiry body or to the procurator the materials of a criminal case and his written objections to the instructions of the head of the inquiry unit.

Criminal Procedure Code Article 41.

The Inquirer

1.The powers of the body of inquiry shall be imposed upon the inquirer by the head of the body of inquiry or by his deputy.

2.Imposing the powers for conducting an inquiry upon a person, who has carried out or who is carrying out the operational-search measures on the given criminal case, shall be inadmissible.

3.The inquirer shall be authorized:

1) to independently conduct the investigative and the other procedural actions and to take procedural decisions, with the exception of the cases, when in conformity with the present Code , for this is required the consent of the head of the body of inquiry, the consent of the prosecutor and/or the court decision;

2)to exercise the other powers, stipulated by the present Code.

4.The directions of the prosecutor and of the head of the body of inquiry, issued in conformity with the present Code, shall be seen as obligatory for the inquirer. The inquirer shall in this case have the right to file an appeal against the directions of the head of the body of inquiry to the prosecutor and against the directions of the prosecutor - to the higher placed prosecutor.

Exercise 1 Find these words and word combinations in the text.

a)начальник/ руководитель органа дознания

b)подчиненные

c)производство неотложных следственных действий

d)отменить необоснованные постановления

e)принять уголовное дело к производству

f)процессуальные полномочия

g)в соответствии с Уголовно-процессуальным кодексом

h)обжаловать указания руководителя

Exercise 2 Say if the sentences are true or false. Correct the wrong ones.

1.Procedural activities of the inquiry body are based on the criminal and procedural law and derived from the basic functions of the body.

2.The head of an inquiry unit can initiate a criminal case, accept a criminal case for his proceedings and conduct an inquiry working together with the procurator.

3.The head of an inquiry unit cannot give an inquirer instructions on the direction of an investigation.

4.The powers of the body of inquiry may be imposed upon the inquirer by the head of the body of inquiry only.

5.The appeal of instructions suspends their execution .

Exercise 3 Complete these sentences.

1.The head of an inquiry unit entrust an inquirer with ……………..

2.The head of an inquiry unit can withdraw ………………