Implementing Regulation of the Law of Criminal Procedure

Purpose and scope

• Details the Criminal Procedure Law on bringing cases, investigation, detention, trial, objections to judgments and their enforcement.

Key rules, rights and obligations

• Parties' requests during investigation are made in writing, and the investigator must decide them within five days, or within twenty-four hours if urgent (Article 49).
• The detention facility must allow a person held in pre-trial detention to challenge the detention order and help them reach the competent authority (Article 80).
• A prisoner or detainee may complain orally to the prison director, who records it and refers it to the competent prosecution member (Article 26).

Violations, penalties and common problems

• Common problems: missing the objection deadline, after which a judgment not subject to review becomes final (Article 141).
• Objecting orally or without a complete memorandum: an objection is accepted only by a memorandum filed with the issuing court within the deadline (Article 142).
• If a person with a suspended sentence commits an offence within the set period, the suspension may be lifted and the first sentence enforced (Article 153).

Procedures and key deadlines

• The case record must note that the parties were told of their right to object and its deadline (Article 139).
• More than one objection memorandum may be filed while the deadline is running (Article 142).
• Withdrawing an objection does not shorten the deadline or forfeit the right while the deadline is running (Article 140).

An advisory summary prepared by Al-Bayan Al-Wadih Law Firm. It is not an official text and does not replace the law, its implementing regulations, or advice from a specialised lawyer. The official published text and its amendments prevail.