Start correspondence courts: Poroshenko signed amendments to the criminal procedure code
President Petro Poroshenko signed the law on amendments to the criminal procedure code that allow courts in absentia.
About it informs the press service of the Verkhovna Rada.
The head of state signed the law “On amendments to the criminal procedure code of Ukraine (concerning improvement of the mechanisms ensuring the tasks of criminal proceedings)”.
The changes will give the opportunity to subpoena the person is located outside of Ukraine through the agenda at the last place of residence or stay, with the obligatory publication in the official media.
Thus it is believed that a person familiar with the writ.
The entry into force of this law will begin trials for the examination of 190 criminal proceedings in absentia, including cases in pozbawienia the title of President of Ukraine Viktor Yanukovych and 23 Russian generals.
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