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Public Prosecution Service (other)
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Public Prosecution Service may refer to: Organisations * Public Prosecution Service for Northern Ireland * Public Prosecution Service of Canada * Public Prosecution Service (Indonesia) * Public Prosecution Service (Netherlands) * Public Prosecution Service (Portugal) Cases * '' Public Prosecution Service of Northern Ireland v. Liam Adams'' * ''The Public Prosecution Service v William Elliott, Robert McKee'' See also * Prosecutor A prosecutor is a legal representative of the prosecution in states with either the adversarial system, which is adopted in common law, or inquisitorial system, which is adopted in Civil law (legal system), civil law. The prosecution is the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Public Prosecution Service For Northern Ireland
The Public Prosecution Service for Northern Ireland (PPSNI) is the department of the Northern Ireland Executive responsible for public prosecutions of people charged with criminal offences in Northern Ireland. It is headed by the Director of Public Prosecutions for Northern Ireland. Its role is similar to that of the longer-established Crown Office and Procurator Fiscal Service in Scotland, and the Crown Prosecution Service in England and Wales. The PPSNI employs 50 Public Prosecutors and over 100 administrative staff. The Police Service of Northern Ireland investigate crimes. The PPSNI advise the police on possible prosecutions, authorise charge, review cases submitted by the police, prepare for and present cases in court. It was established by the Justice (Northern Ireland) Act 2002. Prior to its establishment the police themselves would prosecute most offences, with some being referred to the former Department of the Director of Public Prosecutions. The Director of Pub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Public Prosecution Service Of Canada
The Public Prosecution Service of Canada (PPSC; ) was established on December 12, 2006, by the ''Director of Public Prosecutions Act''. A federal agency, the PPSC prosecutes offences on behalf of the Government of Canada. It is responsible to Parliament through the attorney general of Canada, who litigates on behalf of the Crown and has delegated most prosecution functions to the PPSC. The director of public prosecutions – currently George Dolhai – leads the day-to-day operations of the PPSC and is responsible to the attorney general, holding a rank equivalent to a deputy minister. For non-provincial or federal cases in Canada, a senior general counsel (Criminal Law) is assigned from the PPSC, an office of the Attorney General of Canada. The headquarters of the service is located in Ottawa, Ontario. Responsibilities The PPSC's primary role is to prosecute offences that belong to federal jurisdiction, such as those stemming from the ''Income Tax Act'', ''Fisheries Act, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Public Prosecution Service (Indonesia)
The Public Prosecution Service of the Republic of Indonesia () is the government agency of Indonesia authorized for conducting public prosecution in Indonesia. It has other duties and authorities over certain matters as prescribed by laws. Structure The Service is structured on three levels of governance: National, Provincial and Municipal (although formally, it is only known as Central and Regional level). * Office of the Attorney-General (), based in the national capital Jakarta, with nation-wide jurisdiction. It is headed by the Attorney-General (), a state official who was appointed by, and only answers to the President. The Attorney-General also headed the entire Indonesian Public Prosecution Service. * Provincial Prosecutor's Office (), based in the provincial capital, with province-wide jurisdiction. It is headed by chief of high prosecution office (). * District Prosecutor's Office (), based in the municipalities (cities and regencies), with city- and regency-wide j ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Public Prosecution Service (Netherlands)
The Public Prosecution Service (, OM; ) is the body of public prosecutors in the Dutch criminal justice system. The literal translation of ''Openbaar Ministerie'', "Public Ministry", can lead to a misunderstanding, as the OM is not a ministry like the Ministry of Finance. The name doesn’t refer to a ministry of the government but of 'publicity'. The Public Prosecution Service decides who has to appear in front of the judge and for which offence or crime. It is the body that can decide to prosecute someone. The main domain of the OM is criminal law rather than civil law. The OM has ten regional offices, directed nationally by the () in The Hague The Hague ( ) is the capital city of the South Holland province of the Netherlands. With a population of over half a million, it is the third-largest city in the Netherlands. Situated on the west coast facing the North Sea, The Hague is the c .... Although it is considered part of the judicial branch, the OM is ultimately resp ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Public Prosecution Service (Portugal)
The Public Prosecution Service (; {{lit, Public Ministry; MP) is the body of the judiciary of Portugal responsible for the public prosecution and the representation of the state before the courts. It is an hierarchic organized body, composed of magistrates and headed by the ''Procurador-Geral da República'' (attorney-general of the Republic). Although having the word "ministry" in its name, the MP is not a ministry in the sense of government department. Roles Among others, the Portuguese constitution and the common law give the following roles to the Public Prosecution Service: * to conduct the public prosecution; * to direct the criminal investigation; * to participate in the execution of the criminal policy; * to represent the State; * to defend the democratic legality; * to defend the rights and the interests of the child and young people; * to exercise ''ex officio'' the patronage of the workers and their families in the defense of their social rights; * to defend the collec ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Public Prosecution Service Of Northern Ireland V
In public relations and communication science, publics are groups of individual people, and the public (a.k.a. the general public) is the totality of such groupings. This is a different concept to the sociological concept of the ''Öffentlichkeit'' or public sphere. The concept of a public has also been defined in political science, psychology, marketing, and advertising. In public relations and communication science, it is one of the more ambiguous concepts in the field. Although it has definitions in the theory of the field that have been formulated from the early 20th century onwards, and suffered more recent years from being blurred, as a result of conflation of the idea of a public with the notions of audience, market segment, community, constituency, and stakeholder. Etymology and definitions The name "public" originates with the Latin '' publicus'' (also '' poplicus''), from ''populus'', to the English word ' populace', and in general denotes some mass population ("the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Public Prosecution Service V William Elliott, Robert McKee
''The Public Prosecution Service v William Elliott and Robert McKee'' 013 UKSC 32 is a case decided by the Supreme Court of the United Kingdom concerning admissibility of electronic evidence obtained from an electronic fingerprint reader unit that had not been approved by the Secretary of State as required by Article 61(8)(b) of the Police and Criminal Evidence (Northern Ireland) Order 1989. On 6 October 2007 William Elliott and Robert McKee were arrested and charged for theft of building materials. Elliott’s left thumbprint, which had been recorded by the Livescan electronic fingerprint reader, matched a print that had been found on the packaging of the stolen materials. Both Elliott and McKee were convicted and sentenced to eight months imprisonment. The defendants appealed the ruling on the basis that the fingerprint evidence was not admissible, as the device used to record the fingerprints was not an approved device; they were subsequently acquitted. The Public Prosecut ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
