Date of the judgment: 23.04.2009.
Official publication: 25.04.2009.
On Compliance of the Words "One Hour Long" and "in the Presence of a Representative of an Investigation Prison Administration" of Para 6 of Section 13 of Law On the Procedures for Holding under Arrest with Article 96 of the Satversme of the Republic of Latvia
Constitutional Court held that the words “one hour long” of Item 6 of the first part of Section 13 of the Law "On Procedures for Keeping in Custody” insofar as they provide for the maximum time of short visits and the words “at presence of a representative of an investigation prison administration” of Item 6 of the first part of Section 13 of the same Law insofar as they do not provide for individual assessment of a particular case, do not comply with Article 96 of the Satversme of the Republic of Latvia and shall be invalid as from 1 December 2009.