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(1) If the chamber does not deny the objection as untimely or impermissible, it shallexamine the indictment.(2) If the chamber establishes in connection with the objection the existence of errors orshortcomings in the indictment (Article 266) or the entire proceedings, or that a betterclarification of the state of the matter is required in order to examine the justifiability ofthe charges, it shall return the indictment in order for the shortcomings detected to berectified, or for the investigation to be amended, or conducted. The prosecutor isrequired to within three days of being told the decision of the chamber submit acorrected indictment of submit a request for amendment of the investigation, or arequest for the conduct of an investigation. The chamber may extend this time limit if theprosecutor provides justifiable reasons. Where a subsidiary prosecutor or privateprosecutor miss the aforementioned time limit, they shall be deemed to have abandonedprosecution, and the proceedings shall be discontinued. Where the public prosecutormisses the time limit, he is required to inform a higher public prosecutor about thereasons for his omission.(3) If the chamber establishes that a different court has jurisdiction for the criminaloffence in connection with which the indictment was issued, it shall declare the court towhich the indictment was filed incompetent, and when its ruling becomes final, refer thecase to the competent court.(4) If the chamber establishes that records and statements referred to in Article 178 ofthis Code are contained in the file, it shall issue a ruling on their exclusion from the file. Aspecial appeal may be filed against that ruling. After the ruling becomes final, before thecase is referred to the president of the chamber for the purpose of setting a date for thetrial, the president of the chamber referred to in Article 24 paragraph 6 of this Code shallensure that the excluded records and statements are sealed under separate cover forthe purpose of being kept away from the other files. The excluded records andstatements may not be examined or used in the proceedings.Article 274(1) In ruling on the objection against the indictment, the chamber shall rule that thecharges are inadmissible and the criminal proceedings shall be discontinued if itdetermines one or more of the following:1) that the act in connection with charges were filed is not a criminal offence,and the necessary conditions for applying a security measure do not exist;2) if the statutory limit for prosecution has lapsed or the offence is included inan amnesty or pardon, or where there are other circumstances thatpermanently bar prosecution;3) if there is no evidence that the accused person may be reasonablysuspected of having committed the criminal offence.(2) If the chamber establishes that there are no proposals by authorised prosecutors orthe requisite motions of authorisation for criminal prosecution, or that there exist other