Autor: Cristinel GHIGHECI

Publicat în: Revista Universul Juridic nr.10/2018

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Abstract: The latest draft amendment to the Code of Criminal Procedure proposed, inter alia, the repeal of Articles 342-348 of the Code of Criminal Procedure, which governs the institution of the preliminary
chamber. At the same time, articles 3701-3705 of the Code of Criminal Procedure proposed the
introduction of a new institution, in a separate chapter entitled „Preliminary Verification at First
Instance”, which regulates the procedure for verifying the regularity of the indictment and the
procedure verification of the lawfulness of evidence and the execution of acts by the criminal
investigation bodies.

Keywords: preliminary chamber; lawfulness of indictment