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Senate’s Legal Committee endorses amended Criminal Procedures Law
By JT - Jul 21,2017 - Last updated at Jul 21,2017
AMMAN — The Senate’s Legal Committee on Thursday endorsed the amended Criminal Procedures Law for 2017, as referred from the Lower House, the Jordan News Agency, Petra, reported.
The law authorises courts to conduct consecutive sessions over short periods of time and outside of working hours, in order to accelerate litigation.
It also stipulates penalites against litigants, who “intentionally” attempt to slow litigation, in addition to utilising modern technology in the judicial procedures, Petra reported.
The law allows the issuance of alternative sentences to imprisonment, such as working for society’s benefit or “social penalties”.
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