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An Amendment To The Criminal Law

Original Language Title: Grozījumi Kriminālprocesa likumā

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The Saeima has adopted and the President promulgated the following laws: the law of criminal procedure amendment of criminal procedure law in the Republic of Latvia (Saeima and the Cabinet of Ministers rapporteur, 2005, nr. 11, 20; 2006, nr. 4; 3, 13, 2007, no. 1, 15; 2008. no; 2009, 9, 14, 15 no; Latvian journal 2010, 19, 178. no; 117. in 2011, no; 2012, 92, no. 189; 2013, 7, 21, 61, 112, 183, 187. No.) the following amendments: 1. Turn off 121. the introductory part of the second paragraph, the word "Senate". 347. Article 2: replace the first paragraph, the words "the Senate of the Supreme Court" by the words "Supreme Court"; replace the second paragraph, the words "the relevant departments of the Senate" with the words "Department of criminal cases of the Supreme Court". 3. Replace 348. in the first paragraph, the words "the Senate of the Supreme Court" by the words "Supreme Court". 4. Replace 442. in the third subparagraph, the words "the Senate of the Supreme Court" by the words "Supreme Court". 5. Replace 560. in the third subparagraph, the words "the Senate of the Supreme Court," by the words "Supreme Court". 6. turn off the words in article 566. "other members".
7. Replace the 569. in the first paragraph, the words "the Senate of the Supreme Court" by the words "Supreme Court". 8. Replace article 570 in the third paragraph, the words "the Senate of the Supreme Court," by the words "Supreme Court". 9. the express 573. the second subparagraph by the following: "(2) the issue of the verification of a ruling in cassation to decide criminal cases of the Supreme Court appointed by the President of the Department of the judge." 10. Replace 577. in the third subparagraph, the words "the Senate of the Supreme Court" by the words "Supreme Court". 11. Replace article 578 in the second paragraph, the words "the Senate of the Supreme Court" by the words "Supreme Court". 12. Replace 579. in the third subparagraph, the words "the Senate of the Supreme Court" by the words "Supreme Court". 13. Replace the 582. in the first paragraph, the words "the Senate of the Supreme Court" by the words "Supreme Court". 14. in article 583: turn off in the first paragraph, the words "(the Rapporteur); turn in the second paragraph, the word "Senate". 15. Replace article 585 in the third paragraph, the word "Rapporteur" with the words "judge, who asked referē". 16. Replace the words "in Article 586 Rapporteur" (fold) with the word "judge" (the fold). 17. Make the following article 659: "659. article. The court hearing the case due to newly discovered circumstances the Prosecutor's opinion, and the submission of: 1 appearance) on the case in which the ruling adopted by the Court of first instance or the Court of appeal, the Supreme Court; 2) about the case in which the decision adopted by the Supreme Court, five judges of the Supreme Court, which in the past have not participated in the criminal proceedings, the President of the Court. " 18. Replace the words "in article 660. Rapporteur of the" (fold) with the word "judge" (the fold). 19. Replace 663. in the third subparagraph, the words "the Senate of the Supreme Court" by the words "Supreme Court". 20. Replace 668. in the first paragraph, the word "Senators" with the word "judge". 21. the express article 669 by the following: "article 669. Suspension of execution If the Supreme Court accepted for review or protest, it may defer or suspend judgment or decision until its new trial. " 22. Replace 670. in the first paragraph, "the Senate of the Supreme Court" by the words "Supreme Court". 23. Replace 706. in the first paragraph, "the Supreme Court's Criminal Chamber" by the words "Supreme Court". 24.720. Article: replace the second paragraph, the words "the Supreme Court's Criminal Chamber" by the words "Supreme Court"; replace the third paragraph, the words "the Supreme Court's Criminal Chamber" by the words "Supreme Court". 25. in Article 760: replace the seventh paragraph, the words "the Senate of the Supreme Court in cassation" by the words "Supreme Court"; replace the words "the ninth part of the Supreme Court Senate left it" with the words "the Supreme Court left it". 26. the transitional provisions be supplemented with 46, 47, 48, 49, 50, 51 and 52 of the following: "46. the cases dealt with by the District Court as the Court of first instance, the appeal of the order by January 1, 2014. the appeal against the decision of the District Court even as the appellate court. 47. Cases referred to the Supreme Court, the Criminal Court to 31 December 2013, but which the judicial investigation is not initiated until 30 June 2014, be referred to the District Court as the Court of appeal. 48. cases in which the Supreme Court's Criminal Chamber has launched a judicial inquiry, but until 2014 31 December have not been considered, be referred to the District Court as the Court of appeal. 49. Cases referred to the District Court as the Court of first instance and which the 2014 31 December decision on the suspension of criminal proceedings, by January 1, 2015 shall transmit to the district (municipal) Court as the Court of first instance. 50. the cases referred to the Supreme Court, the Criminal Court and a decision on the suspension of criminal proceedings, by January 1, 2015 shall transmit to the District Court as the Court of appeal. 51. The Supreme Court's criminal court cases in which, after January 1, 2014. the cassation instance annulled the ruling sends the new District Court for review as the appellate court. 52. If, on 1 January 2014 in the case, which is pending in the District Court as the Court of first instance, are to be decided by the enforcement of related questions, send them to the Registrar of the district (City) Court as the Court of first instance. " The law shall enter into force on January 1, 2014. The Parliament adopted the law in 2013 on December 19. The President a. Smith 2013 in Riga on December 28.