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Commencement of criminal investigation
Booking
- When an investigative agency commences investigation of a case and determines such case to be the target of a criminal case investigation, it enters its case serial number and name, related personal details, etc. on the register. This procedure is referred to as booking. A person listed in the register is called a suspect under the Criminal Procedure Act.
- A crime is booked through its recognition or through the filing of an accusation or delation pertaining to it. A case that is booked and investigated shall be sent to the prosecution service, a procedure referred to as transfer. The investigation of all booked criminal cases, except those that are closed through internal investigation, can be closed only by the prosecutor.
- For instance, in a murder case, when there is reason to suspect the person charged with murder as having committed such crime but it is difficult to prove his/her commission of the crime, such person is referred to as a suspect. In the event that the investigation of the suspect yields evidences of his/her commission of the crime, the suspect will be booked and will be subjected to investigation as a suspect.