ZAGREB, Oct 1 (Hina) - The Croatian parliament on Wednesday passed a law on witness protection defining conditions and activities related to witness protection in cases when a witness's life, health, freedom or property is
threatened.
ZAGREB, Oct 1 (Hina) - The Croatian parliament on Wednesday passed a
law on witness protection defining conditions and activities
related to witness protection in cases when a witness's life,
health, freedom or property is threatened. #L#
The law, which is important for a successful fight against
organised crime, was adopted in the continuation of the 37th
session.
A five-member commission will decide about who is included in the
witness protection programme after the Chief State Prosecutor
submits a request to that effect, at the proposal of the competent
prosecutor or threatened person.
The witness protection programme will be implemented by a police
protection unit, which will determine the type of protection
measures. The measures include the physical and technical
protection of witnesses, their relocation, concealment and
protection of property, and change of witness identity.
The parliament also passed a law on changes to the law on
inheritance, which transfers all inheritance proceedings from
courts to public notaries. It also amended the law on conciliation,
introducing the institute of alternative, out-of-court
conciliation.
With the support of most MPs, the parliament changed the law on the
prevention of drug abuse, abolishing the Institute for the
Prevention of Drug Addiction and transferring its duties to the
Agency for Public Health.
Under the new law, persons found in possession of drugs for personal
use will face police penalties and obligatory addiction
treatment.
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