''Title III, § 22''

2) The Prosecution Service shall notify persons who have already

been interrogated as suspects of a punishable act (§ 23(3)) or who,

according to the content of the case files, have otherwise gained

knowledge of the suspicion against them, as well as any victims and civil

claimants, that the provisional inquiries have been discontinued.

''VIII. Information provided to the suspect 1, § 22k''

1) Where one proceeds pursuant to this Title, the suspect shall be

informed in detail about his legal situation, in particular about the

requirements for withdrawal from prosecution pursuant to this Title,

about the requirement of his consent, about his option to demand the

initiation or continuation of the proceedings, and about the other

circumstances that may cause the initiation or continuation of the

proceedings (§ 22h(2)), as well as on the necessity of a lump-sum

contribution to the costs (§ 305a).2

''Title IV, The accused, the defence, and jointly liable persons, I. The accused and the defence counsel''

The notification shall contain the subject of the charge and instructions on the essential rights

in the proceedings. Notification may be postponed as long as it would

endanger the purpose of the provisional inquiry or of the investigation.

§ 161

If the prosecutor issues the indictment, he shall accurately state the

offence for which he requests the accused's conviction. It shall be

presumed that the prosecutor applies for the discontinuation of the

criminal proceedings as to any counts of the charges disregarded by him.

These counts must not be discussed in the subsequent trial.