The bill (Reg. No.8229) sets the detention term at the stage of judicial inquiry, defines criteria to suspend this term for three months after the court judgment, and fixes the order of appeal against the court judgment in appellate procedure. Moreover, the bill cuts the preliminary proceedings terms from 10 to 7 days and possible suspension of this term from 30 to 20 days. The bill amends clauses 241, 274, 349, 382 of the Code of Criminal Procedure of Ukraine.
The bill contains transitional provisions, whereby criminal cases that were submitted to court before the Law comes into effect and have not undergone preliminary proceedings shall be scrutinized within five days since the enactment of the Law.