The public prosecutor ensures that criminal law is applied throughout the jurisdiction of the court of appeal and that the public prosecutor’s offices within its jurisdiction operate smoothly.
He leads and coordinates the action of the public prosecutors, both in terms of preventing and punishing breaches of criminal law. He specifies and, where necessary, adapts the general instructions of the Minister of Justice to the specific context of the jurisdiction. He assesses their application by the public prosecutors.
In addition to the specific reports that he draws up either on his own initiative or at the request of the Minister of Justice, the public prosecutor sends the latter an annual criminal policy report on the application of the law and the general instructions, as well as an annual report on the activity and management of the public prosecutors’ offices in his jurisdiction.
At least once a year, he informs the assembly of judges and prosecutors of the conditions of implementation, in the jurisdiction, of the penal policy and the general instructions sent for this purpose by the Minister of Justice pursuant to the second paragraph of article 30.
The Public Prosecutor has, in the exercise of his functions, the right to directly request the force publique.