{"schemaVersion":1,"recordType":"legal-article","id":"law:eri:code:criminal-procedure:2015:article:86","workId":"law:eri:code:criminal-procedure:2015","expressionId":"law:eri:code:criminal-procedure:2015:en","title":"Principle","number":"86","language":"en","canonicalUrl":"https://eriatlas.com/law/criminal-procedure-code-2015/article/86/","hierarchy":{"book":"BOOK III — PROSECUTION AND TRIAL","title":"TITLE I — PROCEDURE AT COMMENCEMENT OF PROSECUTION","chapter":"Chapter 1. — Charge"},"paragraphs":[{"id":"lead","number":"","text":"Unless specifically provided in this Code or any other laws, no person may be tried for any offence unless a charge has been prepared by the public prosecutor in accordance with the provisions of this Chapter.","canonicalUrl":"https://eriatlas.com/law/criminal-procedure-code-2015/article/86/#lead","sourceTargets":[{"sourceId":"criminal-procedure-code-2015-en","pdfPage":81,"url":"https://eriatlas.com/sources/criminal-procedure-code-2015/page/81/?article=86&paragraph=lead#article-86-lead"}]}],"caution":"English-language 2015 Ministry of Justice edition. Refworld catalogues the English text as an unofficial translation. Eri Atlas has not independently verified the translation or whether this text reflects later legal changes."}