{"schemaVersion":1,"recordType":"legal-article","id":"law:eri:code:criminal-procedure:2015:article:51","workId":"law:eri:code:criminal-procedure:2015","expressionId":"law:eri:code:criminal-procedure:2015:en","title":"Review of Refusal to Investigate","number":"51","language":"en","canonicalUrl":"https://eriatlas.com/law/criminal-procedure-code-2015/article/51/","hierarchy":{"book":"BOOK I — THE COURTS, PROSECUTION, DEFENSE AND INVESTIGATION","title":"TITLE IV — INVESTIGATION","chapter":"Chapter 3. — Investigation of Criminal Activity"},"paragraphs":[{"id":"lead","number":"","text":"If a prosecutor or police officer refuses to record a complaint (Article 49), or to investigate a complaint (Articles 48 and 50), the person making the complaint may make the complaint again before a superior or higher prosecutor. If the prosecutor appealed to is satisfied that the complaint warrants investigation, he shall investigate the matter himself or refer the matter to the police for investigation.","canonicalUrl":"https://eriatlas.com/law/criminal-procedure-code-2015/article/51/#lead","sourceTargets":[{"sourceId":"criminal-procedure-code-2015-en","pdfPage":53,"url":"https://eriatlas.com/sources/criminal-procedure-code-2015/page/53/?article=51&paragraph=lead#article-51-lead"}]}],"caution":"English-language 2015 Ministry of Justice edition. Refworld catalogues the English text as an unofficial translation. Eri Atlas has not independently verified the translation or whether this text reflects later legal changes."}