Legislation on the protection of the witness should be more efficient and improved. A circle of crimes will also be expanded, in which the witness can be included in the protection program. This stems from the Witness Protection Act who from 1. May comes into effect.
The law replaces the existing legislation from 1998. “The Witness Protection Institute is an effective tool of fighting the most serious crime and is the highest level of witness protection that the state guaranteesand to which it is approached if the safety of the witness cannot be secured in another way – according to the provisions of the Code of Criminal Procedure, ”explained the Ministry of the Interior (MV) of the Slovak Republic.
The law defines who is considered to be an endangered witness and a protected witness. “The threatened witness is A witness who, after the provision of dismissal or evidence in the case of defined crimes, is founded to worry about threatening his life or health. The threatened witness after the legal criteria becomes fulfilled Protected witnesses, assistance and protection are provided by the relevant Police Corps department Within the so -called. Protection Program, ”they approached from MV.
The Protection Program will include witnesses in danger of life or health who are in criminal proceedings for particularly serious crime, crime committed by organized, criminal, terrorist or extremist group, on a crime committed from a special motive or on the crime of terrorism.
The new legislation also introduces the duties of a protected witness. “By violating, they could endanger not only his life, but also those who protect it,” He explained the resort. The Act also includes a modification of the implementation of the Protection Program during custody or imprisonment, in pre -trial proceedings and in proceedings before the court. It is also introduced New amendment at the end of the position of Director of the National Security Authority (NBU). In office will end After the term of office and only after what Parliament will elect a new director. The change is to bring the NSA functionality to maintain the functionality of the NSA.
