Pursuant to the current law, the criminal cases in the service, as well as the cases that are in the process of initiating a criminal case, were transferred to the Anti-Corruption Committee and other investigative bodies, according to their subordination. Due to the transfer of the mentioned cases to the Anti-Corruption Committee and other investigative bodies, it became necessary to ensure the distribution of funds remaining in the deposit account of the Special Investigative Service between the Anti-Corruption Committee and other investigative bodies. Noting that there are cases in the process of initiating a criminal case, in connection with which funds transferred to the deposit account of the State Revenue Committee (SRC) are not actually available at the moment, so it is necessary to make appropriate amendments to the law regarding the management of these funds. The RA Deputy Minister of Justice Armenuhi Harutyunyan said about this at the extraordinary sitting of the Standing Committee on State and Legal Affairs on December 16, presenting the draft law on Making Addendum to the Law on Repealing the Law on Special Investigative Service.
“The draft proposed that due to the transfer to the RA Anti-Corruption Committee and other investigative bodies, according to subordination, the funds in the deposit account opened for the special investigative service are subject to transfer to the deposit accounts of the mentioned bodies, except for the RA National Security Service,” the key rapporteur detailed. With the amendment, it will be possible to distribute the funds that are available in the deposit account of the now defunct Special Investigative Service, as they were distributed before.
In her final speech, the key rapporteur informed that all the problems were taken into account during the development of the draft, and the funds were calculated.
The draft was endorsed.