Article 69 of Code of Criminal Procedure and Trials

If it is considered that the interests of the investigation require the accused to be held in pretrial detention to prevent him from fleeing or influencing the course of the investigation, the investigator may remand him in custody for a period not exceeding three weeks in felony cases and not exceeding ten days in misdemeanor cases, from the date of his arrest. A person held in pretrial detention may challenge the decision to detain him before the president of the court competent to renew detention. The president of the court shall decide the challenge within a period not exceeding forty-eight hours from the date of its submission: if the challenge is rejected, the decision must state its reasons. The accused must be brought before the president of the court—before the expiry of his detention period—to consider renewal of the detention order. The president of the court shall order renewal of detention for a period not exceeding fifteen daily in felony cases and not exceeding ten days in misdemeanor cases each time he is requested to do so, provided that the period of pretrial detention shall not, under any circumstances, exceed eighty days in felony cases and forty days in misdemeanor cases from the date of the accused's arrest. An order detaining the accused shall not be issued until after his statements have been heard. In all cases, the provisions governing pretrial detention shall not apply to anyone exercising his right to express and publish his opinion by speech, writing, drawing, or otherwise, including expression of opinion by way of the media or social media. (2)