YEREVAN, SEPTEMBER 4, NOYAN TAPAN. The formation process of investigation bodies hearing criminal cases will finish in the Republic of Armenia by December 1. Thus, the function of conducting an examination will pass on to the police from the prosecutor's office, as well as to the investigation bodies being formed in the tax, customs bodies, and in that of the national security, according to spheres. The examination on military cases is envisaged to be implemented by the investigation body to be formed in the system of the RA Ministry of Defence. The draft law on creating another investigation body is currently in circulation in the RA Government. According to this draft law, this body, which is not in the structure of the government, is to examine cases of corruptive character of high-ranking officials, as well as those of the crimes committed by law enforcement bodies, in particular. In case this draft law is approved by the RA National Assembly, the activities of the above-mentioned investigation bodies will be set in the amendments of the Code of the RA Criminal Trial to be approved by the National Assembly.

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