Constitución en Inglés

172 constituteproject.org Colombia 2021 In exercise of these duties, the Office of the Attorney General of the Nation shall do the following: 1. Request that the judge responsible for the control of [constitutional] guarantees take measures to ensure that defendants appear at the trial, evidence is preserved, and the community at large and victims in particular are protected. Under no circumstances may the judge who oversees constitutional guarantees try a case in which he/she has exercised this oversight. In exceptional cases a law may authorize the Office of the Attorney General to carry out administrative detentions; this law likewise will stipulate the limits and circumstances in which administrative detentions may proceed. In these cases, the judge in charge of overseeing constitutional guarantees will review the detention within thirty-six (36) hours. 2. Conduct searches, forcible entries, seizures, and interceptions of communications. In these cases, the judge who is in charge of reviewing constitutional guarantees will review the procedure within thirty-six (36) hours. 3. Take possession of the material elements of evidence, safeguarding chain of custody while they are being examined. When additional measures that involve the infringement of fundamental rights are required, a corresponding authorization must be obtained from the judge responsible for the control of guarantees in order to proceed.