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(1) The public prosecutor may request that a competent public authority, a bank or otherfinancial organisation perform a control of the commercial operations of personssuspected of having committed criminal offences punishable with custodial penalties ofat least four years, and to deliver to him documentation and data which may serve asevidence of a criminal offence or proceeds from crime, as well a information aboutsuspicious financial transactions within the meaning of the Convention on Laundering,Search, Seizure and Confiscation of the Proceeds from Crime and Financing ofTerrorism. The public prosecutor is required to notify the investigating judge promptlyabout the request and the data collected.(2) Acting upon a written and substantiated request of the public prosecutor, under theconditions referred to in paragraph 1 of this Article, the investigating judge may order acompetent authority or organisation to temporarily suspend a specific financialtransaction, payment or issuance of suspicious cash money, securities or objectssuspected of being derived from the proceeds from crime or profits obtained from crime,or intended for the commission or concealment of a criminal offence.(3) The investigating judge’s decision referred to in paragraph 2 of this Article shall berendered in the form of a ruling. The owner of the funds may appeal against the ruling ofthe investigating judge. A ruling on the appeal shall be rendered by the chamber referredto in Article 24 paragraph 6 of this Code.(4) In the request referred to in paragraph 2 of this Article the public prosecutor shallexplain in more detail the contents of the measure or action he is requesting.(5) Where the public prosecutor does not institute criminal proceedings within six monthsof the date of being informed about the data collected by the implementation of themeasures referred to in paragraphs 1 and 2 of this Article, or declares that he does notintend to use the data in the proceedings, or that he will not request institution ofproceedings against the suspect, all the data obtained shall be destroyed under thesupervision of the investigating judge, of which the investigating judge shall make arecord.Article 235(1) The public prosecutor shall dismiss a criminal complaint where it proceeds form itscontents that the act reported does not constitute a criminal offence or a criminal offenceprosecutable ex officio, where the statutory limit for prosecution has lapsed, or theoffence is encompassed in an amnesty or pardon or where there are othercircumstances which exclude proceedings or there is no reasonable suspicion that thesuspect committed a criminal offence. The public prosecutor shall notify the aggrievedabout the dismissal of the complaint and the reasons for doing so within eight days(Article 61), and where a criminal complaint was submitted by an internal affairsauthority, that authority shall also be notified.(2) Where the public prosecutor is not able to conclude from the complaint that it isprobably accurate or where the data in the complaint do not provide sufficient foundationfor the prosecutor to decide whether to request the conduct of an investigation, or wherethe public prosecutor has only heard that a criminal offence has been committed, andespecially where the perpetrator’s identity remains unknown, the public prosecutor shall