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State of Kuwait · Statutory text

Article 60 of Code of Criminal Procedure and Trials

English translation

If police officers arrest the accused in the preceding cases, or he is handed over to them under arrest by an individual, they must immediately hand him over to the investigator. Under no circumstances may an arrested person remain detained for more than four days in felony cases and forty-eight hours in misdemeanour cases without a written order from the investigator remanding him in custody. )2(
Arabic original
يجــب على رجــال الشرطــة إذا قبضــوا على المتهــم في الحالات الســابقة او ســلم إليهــم مقبوضــا عليــه بمعرفــة أحــد الافــراد، ان يســلموه فــورا الى المحقــق. ولا يجــوز بأيــة حــال أن يبقــى المقبــوض عليــه محجــوزا مــدة تزيــد عــن أربعــة أيــام في قضايــا الجنايــات وثمان وأربــعين ســاعة في قضايــا الجنــح دون أمــر كتــابي مــن المحقــق بحبســه احتياطيــا.

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