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(1) The court that has jurisdiction pursuant to Article 32 of this Code may upon theproposal of the parties or ex officio, for important reasons or reasons of expediency anduntil the end of the trial, decide to sever the proceeding for certain criminal offences oragainst certain accused persons and separately complete the proceedings, or to referthem to another court having jurisdiction.(2) Decisions to sever proceedings or refusing a motion to sever proceedings are notappealable.4. Transfer of territorial jurisdictionArticle 35(1) When the court that has jurisdiction is prevented from conducting criminalproceedings due to legal or factual reasons, it is required to notify thereof theimmediately higher court, which shall in turn designate another court that has materialjurisdiction on its territory.(2) This decision is not appealable.Article 36(1) The Supreme Court of Cassation may determine another materially competent courtto conduct the proceedings if it is obvious that this would make conduct of theproceedings easier, or if other important reasons exist.(2) The ruling referred to in paragraph 1 of this Article may be issued by the court actingon a motion of the investigating judge, a single judge, the presiding judge of a chamberor the competent public prosecutor.5. Assessment and conflict of jurisdictionArticle 37(1) The court is required to look after its material and territorial jurisdiction, and as soonas it determines that it is not competent it shall declare its lack of jurisdiction and afterthe ruling becomes final shall refer the case to the court with the proper jurisdiction.(2) Where after a trial has been initiated the court determines that a lower court iscompetent, it shall not refer the case to the lower court, but complete the proceedingsand render a decision.(3) After an indictment takes legal effect, a court may not declare lack of territorialjurisdiction, nor may parties in proceedings challenge the court’s territorial jurisdiction.(4) Courts which lack territorial jurisdiction are is required to conduct those activities inthe proceedings for which there is a danger of deferrals.Article 38

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