Date of the judgment: 22.10.2002.
Official publication: 24.10.2002.
On Compliance of Para 59.1.6, 66 and 68 of the "Regulations on the Internal Order of the Investigatory Prisons" with Articles 89, 95 and 111 of the Satversme of Republic of Latvia
Constitutional Court decided:
1. To declare Items 64 and 66 of the ”Rules on the Internal Order of Investigatory Prisons ”, confirmed by the Department of the Places of Confinement May 9, 2001 Order No. 63 as unconformable with Article 64, 89 and 111 of the Satversme and null and void as of the day of publishing the Judgment.
2. To declare Item 68 of and Annex 6 to the ”Rules on the Internal Order of Investigatory Prisons”, confirmed by the Department of the Places of Confinement May 9, 2001 Order No. 63 as unconformable with Articles 64 and 89 of the Satversme and null and void as of the day of publishing the Judgment.
3. To declare the other part of the ”Rules on the Internal Order ofInvestigatory Prisons””, confirmed by the Department of the Places of Confinement May 9, 2001 Order No. 63 as unconformable with Article 64 of the Republic of Latvia Satversme and null and void from May 1, 2003.