General Part
SECTION FOUR
COERCIVE PROCEDURAL MEASURES
Chapter XVI
DETENTION
Article 147. The use of detention during criminal proceedings
147.1. Detention during criminal proceedings may be applied only to the following :
147.1.1. a person suspected of committing an offence ;
147.1.2. a person who is to be charged or an accused who has violated the conditions governing the restrictive measure applied to him ;
147.1.3. a sentenced person, in order to settle the question of forcibly sending him to the place where the sentence or other final court decision is to be executed, replacing the penalty given to him with another or repealing his suspended sentence or conditional release.
147.2. Detention shall be applied in the following circumstances :
147.2.1. if there is a suspicion that the person concerned committed an offence ;
147.2.2. if there is an appropriate decision by the prosecuting authority about a person covered by Article 147.1.2 ;
147.2.3. if there is a court decision on the detention of a sentenced person pending settlement of the question of forcibly sending him to the place where the sentence or other final court decision is to be executed, replacing the penalty given to him with another or repealing his suspended sentence or conditional release.
147.3. The illegal detention of a person shall entail liability under the legislation of the Azerbaijan Republic.
Article 148. Detention of persons suspected of committing an offence
148.1. A person suspected of committing an offence shall be detained if there is a direct suspicion that he committed the offence or other information giving grounds for suspicion that he committed the act provided for in criminal law.
148.2. If there is a direct suspicion that a person committed an offence, the preliminary investigator, another official of the preliminary investigating authority, the investigator or the prosecutor may detain him in the following cases :
148.2.1. if the person is caught in the act of committing an offence provided for in criminal law or immediately thereafter on the scene of the offence ;
148.2.2. if the victim or other witnesses to the act themselves assert that the act provided for in criminal law was committed by this person ;
148.2.3. if clear marks indicative of the commission of the criminal act are discovered on the person's body, on his clothes or on other items he uses, in his home or in his means of transport.
148.3. If there is other information giving grounds to suspect a person of committing an act provided for in criminal law, he may be detained by the preliminary investigator, another official of the investigating authority, the investigator or the prosecutor in the following cases :
148.3.1. if he tries to escape from the crime scene into hiding, or to hide from the prosecuting authority ;
148.3.2. if he has no permanent home or lives in another area ;
148.3.3. if his identity cannot be established.
148.4. In the circumstances provided for in Article 148.1 and 148.2 of this Code, the person may be detained before the start of the criminal case. If no decision to start the criminal case is taken within 24 hours of the person being detained, the person shall be released immediately. Even if this decision is taken, the detention of the person may not exceed 48 hours. The detained person shall be charged within 48 hours of being taken into custody and shall be brought before a court ; the court shall examine the case without delay and decide between arrest as a restrictive measure and release.
Article 149. Apprehension of a person who has committed an offence with the aid of a person who witnessed the act
149.1. If the person committing an offence tries to escape during or immediately after the offence, a witness to the act may assist the prosecuting authority in apprehending the person, as follows :
149.1.1. he may tie up the person’s hands and feet if he resists ;
149.1.2. if the person who committed the offence is thought to have a gun or other dangerous weapon or to be carrying anything else which may be of significance to the criminal case, he may search him and seize these items for presentation to the prosecuting authority.
149.2. If he is not an official of the prosecuting authority, the person apprehending the offender shall immediately call the police, and, if this is impossible, shall bring the detained person to the police by force without delay.
Article 150. Detention of a person to charge him
150.1. If the evidence collected on a criminal case gives grounds to suppose that a person has committed an act provided for in criminal law, and if this person lives in another area or if his abode is not known, the investigator or prosecutor may decide to detain him. If a person hides from the prosecuting authority or intentionally fails to comply with a summons, and it is decided to detain him in order to charge him, the investigator or prosecutor shall at the same time announce a search for him.
150.2. Any official of the preliminary investigating authority, investigator or prosecutor who traces the suspect shall execute the decision to detain him in order to charge him, and immediately afterwards shall inform the investigator or prosecutor who took that decision.
150.3. The detention of the suspect shall not exceed 48 hours before he is charged. Pending the decision on arrest as a restrictive measure, the detained person shall be brought before a court within 48 hours of being taken into custody, and the court shall examine the case without delay and decide between arrest as a restrictive measure and release.
Provisional arrest
Fair trial standards
Arrest
Request for arrest and surrender
Rights during investigation - arbitrary arrest or detention and deprivation of liberty
Cooperation under procedures of national law
Request for provisional arrest
Provisional arrest for national proceedings
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