1. The Public Prosecution may, in respect of the offenses that are terminated on grounds of conciliation or waiver, and before the case is transferred to the criminal court, either sua sponte and with the consent of both the Defendant and the victim or the persons legally acting on their behalf or at their request, conduct Criminal Mediation between the Defendant and the victim, with the aim of establishing their conciliation, through a neutral third-party mediator under the supervision of the Public Prosecution, if the latter is convinced, in light of the circumstances and details of the underlying incident, that any such measure would ensure compensating the damage sustained by the victim or would terminate the effects arising out of the offense. 2. The Public Prosecution shall indicate, in the decision transfer the case to Criminal Mediation, the duration of mediation, which shall not exceed one month of the date of notifying the mediator of the task. Such a duration shall be renewable for a similar period only once at the request of the mediator, based on reasonable grounds for such extension.
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