The Saeima has adopted and the President promulgated the following laws: the amendments to the Penal Procedure Code of Latvia in Latvian penal procedure code in the following amendments: 1. Turn off all over the word of the law "(pagastties)" (the fold).
2. Add to article 48 of the second part as follows: "convicted money custodial authority stored, transferred and paid the convicted in LCY. Other currency conversion money received in lats in accordance with the exchange rate set by the Bank on the day when the money received in a custodial institution. "
3. To make article 50 as follows: "article 50. With the imprisonment of convicted submissions convicted have the right to write submissions to public authorities, public organizations and officials.
Sentenced submissions on matters related to the enforcement of custodial sentences, the conditions of Application of the law in the appearance of the penitentiary institution's boss. Sentenced submissions on prison administration issued the administrative act and the actual action of the opposition consider the Prisons Administration Chief of the administrative procedure law.
Convicted correspondence with United Nations institutions, parliamentary human rights and public affairs, Office of the Ombudsman, the public prosecutor's Office, Court, advocate, as well as foreign nationals convicted in correspondence with their own country or the country of the diplomatic missions or consular posts, authorised to represent his interests, not subject to inspection. Convicted correspondence with United Nations institutions, parliamentary human rights and public affairs, Office of the Ombudsman, the public prosecutor's Office, the Court, as well as foreign nationals convicted in correspondence with their own country or the country of the diplomatic missions or consular posts, authorised to represent his interests, the cover of the penitentiary institutions.
Convicted in correspondence with the national regulatory authorities will cover from a custodial institution funds if convicted is not personal money card and convict those authorities issued the contested administrative act or actual action or send the application for State legal aid.
Those convicted have the right to a hearing, the application to the appropriate officials, which takes visitors to a custodial institution. If convicted, yet without making the other person. "
4. Express article 50.4 fifth as follows: "the Convicted to imprisonment for life (life imprisonment) and the person who replaced the death penalty with deprivation of liberty, the penal regime initiated in the lower grade. After inserting them in prison to be served in that capacity for not less than seven years. The pre-trial detention if convicted and a fine in place of execution suffered from at least seven years under penalties and the convicted have no valid penalty for penal treatment or administrative penalties, with the custodial authorities decision of the Administrative Commission may move from the penal regime of grade to the penal regime average grade. Not less than 10 years under penalties of his sentence to be served in the medium mode, but the rest of it — penal regime at the highest level. From the penal regime sentenced the highest degree may be exempt from penal relatively early in the procedure prescribed by law. "
5. Make the fourth paragraph of article 50.5 as follows: "women who convicted to imprisonment for life (life imprisonment), the penal regime initiated in the lowest grade. After adding them in prison to be served in that capacity for not less than seven years. If convicted in pre-trial detention and the execution of the site suffered from at least seven years under penalties and the convicted have no valid penalty for penal arrangements or administrative penalties, with the custodial authorities decision of the Administrative Commission may move from the penal regime of grade to the penal regime average grade. Not less than eight years of the sentence to be served her sentence in the Penal-mode average power, but the remainder — penal regime at the highest level. From the penal regime sentenced the highest degree may be exempt from penal relatively early in the procedure prescribed by law. "
6. Replace article 50.6 in the third paragraph, the word "Parish" with the words "county or city of the Republic".
7. Supplement article 70, first paragraph, point 3, after the words "food products" with the words "tobacco products and the custodial authorities store."
8. Express article 112, first paragraph, second sentence the following wording: "If a custodial sentence time expires on a Saturday, Sunday, public holiday or holiday, sentenced released Friday or the day before the public holiday or holiday."
9. Replace article 119, second paragraph, the words "Municipal Council (the Council)" with the words "county or City Council of the Republic".
10. transitional provisions be supplemented with paragraph 9 by the following: "9. the amendment of this law in the third subparagraph of article 50.6, expect to replace the word" Parish "with the words" county or city of the Republic, "and the amendment to article 119, second paragraph, replace the words" which includes Municipal Council (the Council) "with the words" county or City Council of the Republic ", shall enter into force on July 1, 2009."
The Parliament adopted the law on 27 November 2008.
In place of the President of the parliamentary President G. Lot in Riga on 9 December 2008 Editorial Note: the law shall enter into force on 23 December 2008.