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(3) Collection of information from one person may last for as long as necessary toacquire the required information, but no longer than four hours.(4) No coercion may be used in collecting information from citizens.(5) An official note or record of the information provided shall be read out to the personwho had provided it. The person may make objections, which the internal affairsauthority is required to enter in the official note or record. A copy of the official note orrecord of the information provided shall be issued to the citizen at his request.(6) Citizens may be summoned again for the purpose of collecting information about thecircumstances of another criminal offence or offender, but may not be brought in byforce again for the collection of evidence about the same criminal offence.(7) Where an internal affairs authority is collecting information from a person reasonablysuspected of being the perpetrator of the criminal offence, or is performing against thatperson the actions in the pre-trial proceedings prescribed by this Code, the authoritymay summon the person in a capacity of suspect. The suspect shall be cautioned in thesummons that he is entitled to retain a lawyer.(8) If the internal affairs authority in the collection of information finds that the citizensummoned may be deemed a suspect, the authority is required to immediately informthe citizen about the offence of which he is suspected and the grounds for the suspicion,about the right to take a defence counsel who will attend his further interrogation, that heis not required to answer any question without his defence counsel being present, and,in case he is retained in custody (Article 229), inform him about the rights prescribed byArticle 5 of this Code and make possible the exercise of the rights prescribed by Article228 paragraph 1 of this Code.(9) Where a suspect agrees to make a statement with a lawyer being present, theinternal affairs authority shall interrogate the suspect pursuant to the provisions of thisCode on the interrogation of suspects. The internal affairs authority shall notify about theinterrogation of the suspect the competent public prosecutor, who may attend theinterrogation. The record of the interrogation shall not be excluded from the files andmay be used as evidence in criminal proceedings.(10) Where duly authorised by the investigating judge or president of the chamber,internal affairs authorities may collect information from persons who are in detention, if itis necessary for the detection of other criminal offences and offenders. Such informationshall be gathered in the institution in which the accused is being held in detention, at atime determined by the investigating judge or the president of the chamber, and in hispresence, or the presence of a judge designated by him. If the detainee so requests,collection of this information may also be attended by the defence counsel of theaccused.(11) Based on the information gathered, the internal affairs authority shall draft a criminalcomplaint in which he shall specify the evidence of which he learnt during the collectionof information. The criminal complaint shall not contain the contents of statements givenby citizens during the collection of information, except for statements given within themeaning of paragraph 9 of this Article. To the criminal complaint shall be attached

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