(Functions and Status)
1. Public Prosecutors have the responsibility for representing the State,
taking criminal action, ensuring the defence of the underage, absentees and the
disabled, defending the democratic legality, and promoting the enforcement of the law.
2. Public Prosecutors shall be a body of judicial officers, hierarchically
graded, and shall be accountable to the Prosecutor-General .
3. In performing their duties, Public Prosecutors shall be subject to
legality, objectivity and impartiality criteria, and obedience to the
directives and orders as established by law.
4. Public Prosecutors shall be governed by their own statutes, and shall
only be suspended, retired or dismissed under the circumstances provided for in
the law.
5. It is incumbent upon the Office of the Prosecutor-General to appoint,
assign, transfer and promote public prosecutors and exercise disciplinary
actions.
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