Exercise 6.3 Decide if the statements are true or false. Correct the false ones

TEXT 6 THE PROSECUTOR’S OFFICE

Exercise 6.1 Study the vocabulary:

1) the rule of law	1) верховенство права
2) observance of laws	2) дотримання законів
3) on behalf of the state	3) від імені держави
4) prosecution	4) обвинувачення
5) legality	5) законність
6) inquiry	6) розслідування
7) preliminary investigation	7) досудове розслідування
8) restriction of liberty	8) обмеження свободи

Exercise 6.2 Read and translate the text:

The Prosecutors Office of Ukraine is a part of the law-enforcement system of Ukraine. It composes a centralized system of organs united by common tasks, functions, principles of organization and activity. The head of this system is the Prosecutor General of Ukraine. He is appointed to the post for a five-year term by the President of Ukraine. But Verkhovna Rada must approve this appointment. His resignation from the office may be made either by the President of Ukraine or by Verkhovna Rada as a result of a vote of no confidence.

Units of the Prosecutors Office are created and function according to the administrative and territorial principle and their specialization.

The Prosecutor's Office activity is directed at comprehensive consolidation of the rule of law and keeping law and order. Its task is to protect various public and personal values by preventing any offence. While fighting crime the Prosecutors Office also defends the foundations of our state and society: democratic order, sovereignty, independence, humanity, law and order and so on.

In accordance with the Constitution of Ukraine the Prosecutors Office is entrusted with the following functions:

1) supervision of the observance of laws by agencies conducting detective and search activity, inquiry and preliminary investigation;

2) supervision of the observance of laws while executing court decisions on criminal cases and applying other enforcement measures as for the restriction of personal liberty of citizens;

3) upholding prosecution in court on behalf of the state;

4) representation of the interests of the State and its citizen in cases fixed by the law.

5) supervision of the observance of personal rights and freedoms, observance of laws relating to these problems by executive bodies their officials and office workers

Activity of the Prosecutors Office of Ukraine is based on principles of unanimity and centralization, independence, publicity, equal defense of rights and freedoms of citizens, priority of rights of an individual, legality and the rule of law.

1. The Prosecutor General of Ukraine heads the Prosecutor’s Office of Ukraine.

2. He is appointed to the position for a five-year term by the Verkhovna Rada.

3. The Prosecutor General of Ukraine may be dismissed from the office either by the President of Ukraine or by Verkhovna Rada.

4. The Prosecutor’s Office activity is aimed at protection of public and personal values.

5. Units of the Prosecutor’s Office are created on the basis of territorial principle only.

6. The Prosecutor’s Office upholds prosecution in court on behalf of the state.

Exercise 6.4 Choose the right preposition according to the contents of the sentences:

on with by to at

1. Units of the Prosecutors Office are created and function according ___ the administrative and territorial principle and their specialization.

2. The Prosecutor's Office activity is directed ___ comprehensive consolidation of the rule of law and keeping law and order.

3. In accordance ____ the Constitution of Ukraine the Prosecutors Office representation of the interests of the State and its citizen in cases fixed by the law.

4. Its task is to protect various public and personal values ___ preventing any offence.

5. Activity of the Prosecutors Office of Ukraine is based ____ principles of unanimity and centralization.

Exercise 6.5 Match the term with its definition:

1)prosecution	a) the chief legal representative of the prosecution in countries with either the common law adversarial system, or the civil law inquisitorial system
2)prosecutor	b) the legal party responsible for presenting the case in a criminal trial against an individual accused of breaking the law.
3)voting	c) the act of merging many things into one
4)consolidation	d) a method for a group such as a meeting or an electorate to make a decision or express an opinion
5)offence	e) failure to do or notice something; supervision
6)inquiry	f) something demanded or imposed as an obligation
7)preliminary investigation	g) establishment for depositing, withdrawing, and borrowing money
8)publicity	h) place where merchants, bankers, etc. transact business

Exercise 6.6 Read the text again and give English equivalents for the following words and word combinations:

1. Прокуратура –

2. Правоохоронна система –

3. Призначення –

4. Звільнення –

5. Голосування –

6. Верховенство права –

7. Закон і порядок –

8. Виконавчі органи –

9. Дотримання законів –

10. Досудове розслідування –

11. Обмеження особистої свободи –

12. Обвинувачення від імені держави –

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