Assessment by the prosecuting attorney

After consulting the investigation report and the evidence, the prosecuting attorney may:

apply:

• a non-judicial measure to your case, in other words give you a warning (applying to certain criminal offences only), or;
• an extrajudicial sanction, if you are under the age of 18;
• proceed with the charges against youThe prosecuting attorney may, if the evidence is insufficient, decide to drop the charges against you or request a further investigation.

Information

The prosecuting attorney, after determining the charges based on the evidence against you, lays an information, listing the offences you are alleged to have committed in relation to each charge. It is then submitted to a justice of the peace, who must sign it in order to charge you formally.