Section 131c
[Order and Confirmation of Searches]
(1) Searches pursuant to Section 131a subsection (3) and Section 131b may be ordered only by the judge and, in exigent circumstances, also by the public prosecution office and the officials assisting it (section 152 of the Courts Constitution Act). Searches pursuant to Section 131a subsections (1) and (2) shall be ordered by the public prosecution office; in exigent circumstances they may also be ordered by the officials assisting it (section 152 of the Courts Constitution Act).
(2) In cases of constant publication in electronic media as well as in cases of repeated publication on television and in periodically printed matter, the order made by the public prosecution office and the officials assisting it (section 152 of the Courts Constitution Act) pursuant to subsection (1), first sentence, shall become ineffective if not confirmed by a judge within one week. In all other cases search orders made by officials assisting the public prosecution office (section 152 of the Courts Constitution Act) shall become ineffective if not confirmed by the public prosecution office within one week.
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