Chapter IV. [Private criminal proceedings.] 1) L. 88/2008, 234. gr. Art. 24 … 1) 1) 1) L. 88/2008, 234. gr. Art. 25 If the prosecution authority is not obliged to institute proceedings … on the basis of an offence … then only the injured party … may institute proceedings. If the injured party is not legally competent, the person who has custody over the party shall appear on his or her behalf. If it is considered necessary, a special legal guardian may be appointed for this purpose. If the injured party is deceased, or if an act committed against a deceased party is punishable, then the husband, wife, parents, children, adopted children, [grandchildren] siblings of the deceased shall be entitled to institute proceedings … 1) 1) 1) 2) 1) 1) L. 88/2008, 234. gr. L. 39/2000, 1. gr. 2) Art. 26 … [If more than one person was injured by the same act, each may separately initiate private proceedings for the punishment of the perpetrator, providing that the prosecution authority is not obliged to institute proceedings on the basis of the offence.] … 1) 1) 1) 1) L. 88/2008, 234. gr. Art. 27 … 1) 1) L. 88/2008, 234. gr. Art. 28 If punishment is not to be imposed unless a demand for punishment is presented in a private action, then if the injured party relinquishes his or her right to institute proceedings or drops the demand for punishment in some other way before the case is judged by a district court. … … 1) 2) 1) L. 19/1991, 194. gr. L. 88/2008, 234. gr. 2) Art. 29 [The authorisation to instigate private proceedings for the punishment shall expire unless the action is brought before 6 months have elapsed from the time when the holder of the authorisation was informed of the identity of the guilty party. If the injured party dies before this deadline expires, the person replacing him or her may in all cases bring a private action during the 3 months following the death, even though the deadline would otherwise have expired.] If a private action does not result in a judgment on the demand for punishment, a 1)