Criminal proceeding means the adversary judicial process prosecuted by a public officer and initiated by a formal complaint, information, or indictment charging a person with an offense denominated “criminal” by applicable law and punishable by death, imprisonment, or a jail sentence.
[79 FR 21150, Apr. 15, 2014]
source: 43 FR 32775, July 28, 1978, unless otherwise noted.
cite as: 45 CFR 1613.2