Draft law to reduce detention period

National Assembly’s legal and legislative committee approved a draft law stipulating to reduce the detention period at police stations to 48 hours, reverting an amendment by the previous Assembly.

The amendment to the law reduces the number of days a person can be detained to 10 days instead of 21.

As per the amendment, Article 60, Paragraph Two states the period of detention of a suspect in police custody after his arrest is not more than forty-eight hours (instead of four days, which was stipulated earlier). Also regarding Pre-Trial detention period, Article 69, Paragraph One, a suspect can be detained pending
investigation for not more than 10 days from the date of arrest instead of three weeks, which was stipulated earlier.