Committee on Legislative Support to Enforcement recommends Ukrainian Parliament adopt as a basis bill on some aspects of improvement of institution of agreements on admission of guilt between prosecutor and suspected or accused person
Information Department of the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine Secretariat
12 December 2016, 09:46
During the meeting, the Committee members
noted that the bill On Amendments To Article 469 Of Criminal Procedure Code Of
Ukraine Touching Some Aspects Of Improvement Of Institution Of Agreements On
Admission Of Guilt Between Prosecutor And Suspected Or Accused Person No. 5211
offers to amend Item 2, Section 4 of Article 469 of the Criminal Procedure Code
of Ukraine putting it in the following wording: "gravest crimes upon
condition of revealing by suspected or accused person a new person involved in
commission of crime subjected to investigation by the National Anticorruption
Bureau, State Bureau of Investigation, and in some cases after consultation
with a prosecutor of high level in case the information about commission of the
crime by the said person is backed by respective evidence."
The
members of the Ukrainian Parliament consider that the adoption of the bill will
allow preliminary investigation bodies to sign agreements on admission of guilt
between prosecutor and suspected or accused person to facilitate observance of
reasonable terms for pretrial investigation and successful fulfillment of tasks
of criminal proceedings.