Article 6 of Trial of Ministers Law

Upon completion of the investigation, if it appears to the Committee that there is a crime among the crimes specified in Article Two of this Law and that the evidence is sufficient, it shall prepare the indictment and a list of inculpatory evidence in respect of the Minister and any other perpetrators and accomplices, and shall order the referral of the case to the court prescribed in Article Eight. If, however, the investigation reveals that there is no crime, that the facts attributed to the Minister are untrue, or that the evidence thereof is insufficient, it shall order the closure of the investigation by a reasoned decision. In all cases, the Public Prosecutor must be notified immediately of the outcome of the disposition and supplied with a copy of the papers and investigations conducted. Article 6 bis (1) The reporting person may challenge the closure decisions referred to in Articles ,3 ,6 of this Law, within two months from the date of his notification or knowledge of the closure decision, before the court prescribed in Article Eight of this Law. Every closure decision issued by the Investigation Committee on reports submitted by an entity prescribed in Article 2 of Law No. 1 of 1993 concerning the protection of public funds shall be referred by the Committee, of its own motion, within two months to the aforementioned court. The court shall determine the challenge in chambers within thirty days from its submission by a decision that is not subject to challenge by any means. Before issuing its decision, it may hear the statements of whomever it considers necessary to hear, or instruct the Committee prescribed in Article 3 of this Law to remedy any deficiency in the inquiry or investigation, as the case may be. If the court rules to allow the challenge, it shall either order the return of the case to the Committee to proceed with the procedures or submit the case to the court prescribed in Article 8 of this Law, as the case may be, within ten days from the date of issuance of the judgment on the challenge. In all cases, the judgment on the challenge must be reasoned.