CHAPTER XIV
INVESTIGATION
Article 129
(1) In addition to investigating officers at the State Police of the Republic of Indonesia, certain civil servants at the Department of which the scope of works and responsibilities includes the field of intellectual property rights shall be granted special authority as investigators as referred to in Law no. 8 of 1981 on Criminal Proceedings, to conduct an investigation of criminal offences in the field of Patents.
(2) The Civil Servant Investigator as referred to in paragraph (1) shall be authorized:
a. to conduct examination of the truth of reports relating to criminal offences in the field of Patents;
b. to conduct examination of persons or legal entities suspected of committing criminal offences in the field of Patents based on the reports as referred to in letter a;
c. to collect information and evidence from persons or legal entities in connection with criminal offences in the field of Patents;
d. to conduct examination of books, records and other documents relating to criminal offences in the field of Patents;
e. to inspect locations on which evidence, books, records, and other documents to be found, as well as to confiscate materials and goods resulting from infringements which can used as evidence in the criminal trials in the field of Patents;
f. to request expert assistance in the scope of carrying out the duties of investigation of criminal offences in the field of Patents;
(3) The Civil Servant Investigators as referred to in paragraph (1) shall inform the investigating officers at the State Police of the Republic of Indonesia about the initiating and the result of an investigation.
(4) The Civil Servant Investigator as referred to in paragraph (1) shall forward the results of an investigation to the Public Prosecutor through the investigating officers at the State Police of the Republic of Indonesia in view of the provision ofArticle 107 of Law no. 8 of 1981 on Criminal Proceedings.