Initiation of criminal court procedure in the Hungarian Jurisdiction
Initiation of criminal court procedure in the Hungarian Jurisdiction

Summary/Abstract: The system of the Hungarian criminal procedure is governed by the principle of legality and the relevant rules are contained in the Act XIX of 1998 on Criminal Procedure Code (in what follows: C.P.C.) which rules must be executed compulsory during the everyday activities of investigative authority, prosecutor and court. In the present essay the author endeavored to introduce the basic rules and specific features of filing indictment of the Hungarian Criminal Code. I reckon that it can be stated unambiguously prosecutor plays definite role in relation with establishing criminal liability, since criminal court procedure and thus establishing criminal liability may not occur without filing indictment. Consequently, the prosecutor designates the circle of persons will be fall under court procedure and determines which acts have to be judged by the court with filing indictment.

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