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I want to file a criminal complaint

⚠️ COMPLAINT DEADLINE 3 months FINAL (art. 31 CP) — for offences prosecuted only upon complaint. Runs from knowledge of the perpetrator. After this deadline, complaint is inadmissible. The criminal complaint for violence is filed with the police or the Public Prosecutor's Office (art. 304 CPP).…

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