The Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine adopted the Law "On Amendments to Clause 32 of the Criminal Procedural Code of Ukraine" (re the Term 'Close Relatives')

14 January 2011, 12:16

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The Law amends item 11 of clause 32 of the Code of Criminal Proceedings of Ukraine, supplementing the register of individuals considered as ‘close relatives´ to provide equal interpretation and use of the term ‘close relatives´ at all stages of the criminal jurisdiction, and support equality of procedural rights of the spouses.

 

Under the Law, ‘close relatives´ are parents, wife, husband, children, siblings, grandfather, grandmother and grandchildren.

 

The draft is registered under Reg. No.6438.