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LAW OF UKRAINE

of July 19, 2022 No. 2429-IX

About modification of the Criminal Procedure Code of Ukraine concerning application to the convicts and persons who are held in custody, measures of forced feeding

I. Bring in the Criminal Procedure Code of Ukraine (Sheets of the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine, 2013, Art. No. No. 9-13, 88) the following changes:

1. To add paragraph 1 of Chapter 18 with Article 206-1 of the following content:

"Article 206-1. The resolution of the investigative judge, court on forced feeding of the suspect, person accused to whom the measure of restraint in the form of detention is applied

1. Forced feeding based on the resolution of the investigative judge, court can be applied to the suspect, the person accused to whom the measure of restraint in the form of detention and declared refusal of acceptance of food is applied. Application of forced feeding without determination of the investigative judge, court is forbidden.

2. The petition for forced feeding of the suspect, the person accused to whom the measure of restraint in the form of detention is applied and materials by which such petition is proved are represented by the prosecutor based on the data received from organization of pre-trial detention, healthcare institution to local court within which territorial jurisdiction the suspect, the person accused contains. The specified petition shall contain summary of the circumstances preceding refusal of acceptance of food and starvation.

The conclusion of the doctor that to the suspect, the person accused who declared refusal of acceptance of food, considerable deterioration in the state of health threatens is surely attached to the petition and there is explicit threat of his life that is confirmed by the relevant medical documents which contain results of laboratory, tool and other necessary researches.

3. The petition for forced feeding of the suspect, person accused is considered by the investigative judge, court instantly, but no later than 24 hours from the moment of receipt of such petition in court.

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