Bosnia and Herzegovina

Criminal Procedure Code of Bosnia and Herzegovina

CRIMINAL PROCEDURE CODE OF BOSNIA AND HERZEGOVINA

PART ONE - BASIC PROVISIONS

CHAPTER XII – DEADLINES

Article 158 - Deadlines for Filing of Submissions

(1) The deadlines provided by this Code may not be extended unless explicitly allowed by this Code. If a deadline specified by this Code to protect the right to a defense and other process rights of the suspect or the accused, that deadline may be shortened at the request of the suspect or the accused, in writing, or verbally for the record before the Court.

When a statement must be made within a specified period of time, it shall be assumed that it has been made within the specified period of time if it has been given to the person authorized to receive it before the expiration of that period.

When a statement has been sent by registered mail, telegraph or other means of telecommunication, the date of mailing or sending shall be taken as the date of delivery to the person to whom it has been sent.

The suspect or the accused who is in pretrial custody may also make a time- limited statement for the record of the Court or deliver it to the administration of the prison, and a person who is serving a prison sentence or who is an inmate in some other institution because of a security measure or correctional measure may deliver such a statement to the administration of the institution in which he is an inmate. The day when the record was made or when the statement was delivered to the administration of the institution as applicable shall be taken as the date of delivery to the relevant receiving authority.

If, due to ignorance or an obvious mistake of the sender, a submission subject to a deadline has been delivered or sent to a Court with no jurisdiction in the matter prior to the expiration of the deadline, and the Court receives it after the expiration of the deadline, it shall be considered as submitted in time.

Keywords

Fair trial standards
Rights during trial - disclosure of evidence to defence



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