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/MONTSAME/ The Parliamentary Standing Committee on Legal Affairs discussed and supported
the Amendment Bill to the Criminal Procedure
Code. According to the article 5 of the Criminal Procedure Code, a clause about
the restriction on the civilian right to freedom of movement should have come
into force from January of this year, however the draft amendment to the law
suggests to postpone it till 2021. Minister of Justice and Interior Affairs Ts.Nyamdorj
said: "It is planned to use electronic surveillance devices when restricting
the right to travel. According to this, it was decided to establish the
"Electronic Control and Management Center" with a soft loan of USD
9.5 million from the Korean Exim Bank, and the feasibility study was developed.
However, South Korean side proposed to increase the budget for establishment of
the center to USD16.1 million. In
response, we presented our proposal to raise the budget maximum of USD10.4
million. This issue has not yet been resolved and the types of electronic
wristbands and their specifications and other devices for the purpose of
enforcing the restriction sentence are still not clear.” Therefore, the bill
reflects that commencement of article 5 of the Criminal Procedure Code to be January
1, 2021. Members of the Standing Committee supported to discuss the bill
further.
D.Uransolongo
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