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(2) Where a criminal offence is being reported orally, the submitter shall be cautionedabout the consequences of false reporting. A record shall be made of the oral criminalreport, and where it was made by telephone, an official note shall be made.(3) Where a criminal complaint is submitted to a court, internal affairs authority or apublic prosecutor who is not competent, they shall receive the complaint and promptlydeliver it to a competent public prosecutor.Article 225(1) Where there exist grounds to suspect the commission of a criminal offenceprosecutable ex officio, the internal affairs authorities are required to undertakemeasures required to detect the perpetrator of the criminal offence, to prevent theperpetrator or accomplice from going into hiding or absconding, to detect and secureevidence of the criminal offence and objects which may serve as evidence, and to collectall information which might be of use for the successful conduct of criminal proceedings.(2) For the purpose of fulfilling the duty specified to in paragraph 1 of this Article, theinternal affairs authorities may seek necessary information from citizens; performrequisite inspections of motor vehicles, passengers and luggage; restrict all movementswithin a certain area for a necessary period of time; undertake requisite measures inconnection with the identification of persons and objects; issue warrants for the arrestand recovery of persons and objects being sought; inspect in the presence ofresponsible persons certain facilities and premises of public authorities, enterprises,shops and other legal persons, gain insight into their documentation and if needed seizeit, and perform other necessary measures and actions. Records or official notes shall bemade of the facts and circumstances established during the performance of certainactions which may of interest for criminal proceedings, as well as of the objects foundand seized.(3) In the course of an official inspection in connection with a criminal offence against thesafety of public traffic reasonably suspected of having caused serious consequences orof having been premeditated, the internal affairs authorities may seize a suspect’sdriver’s licence, but for no more than three days.(4) Persons subject to any of the measures or actions referred to in paragraph 2 and 3 ofthis Article are entitled to file complaints to the competent public prosecutor.Article 226(1) Internal affairs authorities may also summon citizens to provide information. Thegrounds for the summons shall be specified in it, as shall the capacity in which thecitizen is being summoned. Persons not responding to the summons may be brought inby force only where the summons contained a caution to that effect.(2) In acting pursuant to the provisions of this Article, internal affairs authorities may notinterrogate citizens, or questions them in a capacity of accused persons, witnesses orexpert witnesses, except in the case referred to in paragraph 9 of this Article.