Aspects regarding the Distinction between ex officio Notification or by Denunciation of Criminal Prosecution Bodies

Abstract

The means of notification, provided for in the Code of Criminal Procedure, is the starting point for the activity of the criminal investigation bodies, by notifying them of the commission of an act provided for by the criminal law. The methods of notification may come from natural or legal persons, ascertaining bodies or criminal investigation bodies may proceed to the notification ex officio, within the limits of their legal powers. The denunciation represents the form of notification by which a natural or legal person informs the competent judicial bodies of the commission of an offense, in compliance with the condition expressly regulated, in the content of art. 290 of the Code of Criminal Procedure, that it would be personal. Ex officio notification represents a prerogative of the criminal investigation body, exercised when it becomes aware that an offense has been committed, by means other than through a complaint, denunciation or notifications made under the conditions of art. 291 of the Code of Crimin