Legislation governing criminal investigations, prosecutions, jurisdiction, and procedure in Belgium
Belgian Code of Criminal Procedure
French Parliament (1808–1815) Belgian Federal Parliament (1830–)
Territorial extent
Belgium
Enacted by
French Parliament
Assented to
1808
Summary
This code governs the manner of conducting criminal investigations and prosecutions, as well as the jurisdiction and procedure of the criminal courts and tribunals of Belgium.
Status: In force
The Belgian Code of Criminal Procedure (Dutch: Wetboek van Strafvordering, French: Code d'Instruction Criminelle, German: Strafprozessgesetzbuch) is a code of law in the country of Belgium, of which the different parts were formally adopted in November and December 1808 (before Belgium existed as a sovereign state). The code is currently still in force. The Code of Criminal Procedure governs the powers and duties of judicial police attributed to certain public and judicial officers, the manner in which to conduct criminal investigations and prosecutions, as well as the criminal jurisdiction of the courts and tribunals of the Belgian judiciary and the applicable rules of criminal procedure. As such, the Code of Criminal Procedure is one of the important codes of law in the Belgian legal system.[1][2]
Matters such as the organization itself of the courts and tribunals however, are governed by the Belgian Judicial Code.[1]
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^Decocq, André (2010). "Bicentenaire du Code pénal – Introduction" [Bicentennial of the Penal Code – Introduction] (PDF). www.senat.fr (in French). Senate of France and Court of Cassation of France. p. 6. Archived (PDF) from the original on 2020-07-16. Retrieved 15 July 2020.
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