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Part One
GENERAL PART
Chapter VI
THE DEFENDANT AND DEFENCE COUNSEL
1 The Defendant
Rights of Persons Arrested
Article 69
A person arrested without a court decision, or a person who has been arrested on the basis of a court decision but not interrogated, must without delay, and within 48 hours at most, be handed over to the competent judge for the preliminary proceedings, or, if this is not done, must be released from custody.
Part One
GENERAL PART
Chapter VIII
MEASURES TO SECURE THE PRESENCE OF THE DEFENDANT AND FOR UNOBSTRUCTED CONDUCT OF CRIMINAL PROCEEDINGS
2. Specific Measures
e) Detention
b. Treatment of Detainees
Basic Rules
Article 217
Only those restrictions necessary for preventing escape, incitement of other persons to destroy, conceal, alter or falsify evidence or traces of a criminal offence may be applied against a detainee, as well as direct or indirect contacts of the detainee aimed at influencing witnesses, accomplices or concealers.
Article 55
Rights of persons during an investigation
1. In respect of an investigation under this Statute, a person:
(d) Shall not be subjected to arbitrary arrest or detention, and shall not be deprived of his or her liberty except on such grounds and in accordance with such procedures as are established in this Statute