Criminal Code (Cap. 9), article 373

373. As regards offences referre d to in article 370(1), the prosecution shall lie with the injured party or with the person s mentioned in article 542 on beha lf of such party, where proceed ings cannot be instituted except on the complaint of the injured par ty: Exceptions.Provided that if the offence in respect of which no prosecution may be instituted except on the complaint of the injured party, is aggravated by public violence or is accompani ed with any other offence affecting public order, or if, in the ab sence of any such circumstances, the injured party shall fail to inst itute proceedings and shall not have expressly waived the right to prosecute within four days from the commission of the offence, it shall be lawful for the Executive Police ex officio to institute proceedings in resp ect of the offence. Trial. Amended by: IV .1856.26; XI.1900.62; VII.2010.29; XXIII.2017 .13.