III. JURISDICTION

The jurisdiction of the Public Prosecution Office of the Republic of Macedonia is regulated by the Constitution and the Public Prosecution Office Act (No.80 from 1992) and its amendments, the Criminal Procedure Act, and part of the jurisdiction derives from the laws that regulate the civil, executive, administrative procedure and the procedure in administrative disputes, etc.

The public Prosecutor's general right and duty is to prosecute criminals. Of crimes, which are prosecuted ex officio, the Public prosecutor is competent:

• to take necessary measures in relation of crimes and criminals and to direct the preliminary procedure;
• to demand investigation;
• to enforce and present the prosecution act i.e. prosecution proposal before the competent court;
• to appeal against court decisions which are not final and to propose extraordinary remedies against final court decisions
• to conduct other activities determined by this Code.

The Public Prosecutor has jurisdiction in the framework of deferent legally regulated procedures:

• to give its opinion in the extraordinary legal remedies - revision in the civil procedure;
• to propose extraordinary legal remedies - demands for protection of legality in the civil, administrative, executive, and administrative dispute procedure;
• to act as a party in the above mentioned procedures in the circumstances provided by law;
• to conduct other activities determined by this Code.

According to the Public Prosecution Office Act article 17/1, the Public Prosecutor of the Republic of Macedonia has a right to submit initiative to start a procedure to decide on the conformity of laws with the Constitution and the conformity of other regulations with the laws and the Constitution, if this question appears in the activity of the Public Prosecutor.

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