What are the functions and powers of the people's procuratorate in criminal proceedings?

The people's procuratorate is a special legal supervision organ of the state, the only public prosecution organ of the state, and one of the state organs exercising investigation power, exercising the right of appeal in public prosecution cases on behalf of the state.

In criminal proceedings, the people's procuratorates exercise the power of supervision, public prosecution and investigation according to law, including:

(1) Have the right to apply compulsory measures for filing criminal cases directly accepted for investigation according to law;

(2) If it is necessary to arrest a criminal suspect, it shall be approved or decided by the procuratorial organ, except in cases where the people's court directly decides to arrest him;

(3) having the right to decide on supplementary investigation for cases that need supplementary investigation;

(four) all cases that need to be prosecuted shall be examined and decided by the people's procuratorate;

(five) to supervise the investigation activities of the public security organs and the trial activities of the people's courts;

(6) to supervise the execution of all kinds of effective criminal judgments and rulings and the activities of prison and other enforcement organs, and to supervise whether the people's court's rulings on commutation and parole are correct.

The people's procuratorates are composed of the Supreme People's Procuratorate, local people's procuratorates at various levels, military procuratorates and other special people's procuratorates. Local people's procuratorates at all levels include people's procuratorates of provinces, autonomous regions and municipalities directly under the Central Government; Branches of people's procuratorates of provinces, autonomous regions and municipalities directly under the Central Government; People's procuratorates of counties, county-level cities and municipal districts.

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Legal basis:

Article 25 of the Rules of the People's Procuratorate for Handling Civil Administrative Protest Cases

The people's procuratorate shall make a decision on the case that has been examined and concluded:

(1) If the original judgment or ruling meets the conditions for protest stipulated by law, lodge a protest with the people's court;

(2) If the original judgment or ruling does not meet the conditions for protest stipulated by law, the ruling shall not be protested;

(3) To meet the requirements for procuratorial suggestions stipulated in Chapter VIII of these Rules, and if necessary, to put forward procuratorial suggestions to the people's court or relevant units.