POLICE DETENTION

What is the procedure for detaining persons

1. Police authorities do not allow the use of physical force, aids or weapons against detained persons, except in the cases expressly provided by the Ministry of Interior.

2. Actions by police authorities shall exclude the commission, incitement or tolerance of any act of torture, inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment, as well as acts of discrimination against detained persons.

3. A police authority that has witnessed the unlawful use of physical force, the commission, instigation or tolerance of any act of torture, inhuman or degrading treatment of detained persons, is obliged to intervene in order to prevent or stop it , about which he immediately informs his supervisor.

4. For each detained person, a detention order is issued by the police authority that restricted the person's right to free movement.

5. When persons are detained by employees of a structure of the Ministry of Internal Affairs, in which there are no separate places for the accommodation of detained persons, detention orders are issued in four copies.

6. The term for detention of persons under the order of the Ministry of Interior begins to run from the moment when their right to free movement is restricted, and the exact time is noted in the detention order regardless of the time of its actual issuance.

7. When the detained person is moved from one structure of the Ministry of Internal Affairs to another, the total time of forced stay of the person in the structures of the Ministry of Internal Affairs is taken into account, observing the 24-hour period for detention according to the order of the Ministry of Internal Affairs.

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