About the relationship between the procedural authorities of the chief of the inquiry body and the chief of the department of the inquiry at the stage of the criminal investigation in the form of inquest

Introduction: the implementation of the procedural status of the head of the inquiry body and the head of the inquiry unit is important in the procedural activity of the inquiry bodies and directly affects its effectiveness. The article considers the correlation of the powers of these officials, identifies the main problems of implementing their procedural status. Materials and Methods: the material of the study is directly the norms of criminal procedure legislation regulating the procedural position of the head of the inquiry body and of the head of the inquiry unit. The methodological basis of the research is based on generally accepted methods of scientific research of phenomena and social relations in their interrelation and interdependence. The methodological basis is formed by the dialectical method, which allowed us to comprehensively and objectively consider the problems of regulating the procedural powers of the head of the inquiry body and the head of the inquiry unit, as well as other private scientific methods. Result of the Study: the main problems of implementing the procedural position of the head of the inquiry division and of the head of the inquiry body are identified. Summary and Conclusion: the ways to optimize the implementation of the procedural position of the head of the inquiry body and of the head of the inquiry unit are proposed.