The Attorney-General , Hon. Khalifa Ahmed Khalifa on Monday issued a decision on establishment of Prosecution for Maritime Zones and Continental Shelf seating in the Red Sea State.
The decision determines the jurisdiction of the prosecution according to the geographical coordinates of all maritime zones stipulated in the Maritime Zones and Continental Shelf Law of 2018 and any other jurisdiction inside the Sudan’s geographical borders and that he Prosecution has a right to set up a sector in any other state of the country.
The prosecution is assigned to investigate and represents the prosecution before the courts in all crimes stipulated in the Maritime Zones and Continental Shelf Law of 2018 and in addition to any other task assigned to it by the Attorney –General.
The prosecution exercises according to this decision the powers stipulated in the Criminal Procedure Act 1991, the Public Prosecution Act 2017 and any related laws.
The decisions of the Prosecution are appealed according to the Public Prosecution’s Appeal Regulation of 2021.