The way to turn a civil case into a criminal case is that if a criminal act is found during the trial of the case, the criminal part can sue separately. The process of handling criminal cases is that the public security organs or procuratorates need to file a case for investigation when they find criminal facts or suspects, and the people's procuratorates will prosecute the suspects before the court hearing.
Time limit for prosecution of criminal cases
Time limit for prosecution of criminal cases: if the statutory maximum penalty is fixed-term imprisonment of not more than five years, after five years, if the statutory maximum penalty is fixed-term imprisonment of not less than five years but not more than ten years, after ten years, if the statutory maximum penalty is fixed-term imprisonment of not less than ten years, after fifteen years, if the statutory maximum penalty is life imprisonment or death penalty, after twenty years. The Legal Express reminds you that if you think it is necessary to sue in 20 years, you must report it to the Supreme People's Procuratorate for approval.
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Legal basis: Criminal Procedure Law of People's Republic of China (PRC).
Article 112 A people's court, a people's procuratorate or a public security organ shall, within the scope of their jurisdiction, promptly examine the materials of reporting, accusing, reporting and surrendering themselves, and if they think that there are criminal facts that need to be investigated for criminal responsibility, they shall file a case; If it is considered that there are no criminal facts, or the criminal facts are obviously minor, and it is not necessary to pursue criminal responsibility, the case shall not be filed, and the complainant shall be informed of the reasons for not filing the case. If the complainant refuses to accept it, he may apply for reconsideration.
Article 113 If the people's procuratorate thinks that the public security organ does not file a case for investigation, or if the victim thinks that the public security organ does not file a case for investigation, it shall ask the public security organ to explain the reasons for not filing a case. If the people's procuratorate believes that the reason why the public security organ does not file a case cannot be established, it shall notify the public security organ to file a case, and the public security organ shall file a case after receiving the notice.
Article 114 In a case of private prosecution, the victim has the right to bring a lawsuit directly to the people's court. If the victim dies or loses his capacity for civil conduct, his legal representative and close relatives have the right to bring a lawsuit to the people's court. The people's court shall accept the case according to law.