Criminal Procedure Code (CrimPC)

Art. 282CrimPC from 2020

Art. 282 Requirements

¹ The public prosecutor and, in the enquiries, the police may covertly observe persons and property in generally accessible locations and make image or sound recordings while doing so if:

a.

there is reason to believe on the basis of specific information that felonies or misdemeanours have been committed; and

b.

the enquiries would otherwise have no prospect of success or be made unreasonably complicated.

² Where observation activities ordered by the police have been conducted for one month, their continuation requires authorisation by the public prosecutor.