Constitution

Turkmenistan 2008 Constitution (reviewed 2016)

Table of Contents

SECTION VI. PROSECUTOR’S OFFICE

Article 129

The supervision of precise and uniform enforcement of the laws of Turkmenistan, acts of the President of Turkmenistan and the Cabinet of Ministers of Turkmenistan, resolutions of the Mejlis of Turkmenistan, shall be vested in the Prosecutor General of Turkmenistan, and his/her subordinate prosecutors.

The Prosecutor shall participate in court proceedings on grounds of and in the manner prescribed by law.

Article 130

The Prosecutor’s office shall supervise the legality of operational and criminal investigations.

Article 131

The Prosecutor General of Turkmenistan heads the common centralized system of public prosecution bodies.

The procedure of appointment and dismissal of prosecutors shall be determined by law.

Article 132

The Prosecutor General and his/her subordinated prosecutors, in exercising their powers shall be guided only by the law.

Article 133

Competence, order of formation and activity of public prosecution bodies shall be determined by law.