Rules for serving administrative arrest: analysis of proposals to modern legislation
Authors: Spivak M. 
Published: December 2021

The analysis of the legislation on the application of administrative arrest was carried out. It is established that the position of the legislator comes down to the fact that administrative arrest is the most severe measure of administrative penalty, which is applied in exceptional cases. Appointed only by a court decision (judge) if, in the circumstances of the case, taking into account the identity of the offender, the judge concludes that the application of other types of penalties will be insufficient. The uniqueness of administrative arrest is manifested in the fact that it is established for committing administrative offenses with a special anti-social orientation. The statistics of application of administrative arrest by types of administrative offenses and also number of persons on whom the given penalty is imposed on regions of Ukraine are resulted. It is emphasized that in practice administrative arrest as a type of penalty is used very rarely, in some cases its application is complicated by the procedure of its imposition. Attention is focused on certain provisions of the Draft Law “On the rules of administrative arrest” on the introduction of the principles of administrative arrest; features of the legal status of arrested persons; the procedure for placing a person in a temporary detention facility; placement of persons subject to administrative arrest; rights and responsibilities of arrested persons. The expediency of amendments to the Code of Ukraine on Administrative Offenses is analyzed. In particular, parts two of Article 32 (Administrative arrest), parts one of Article 294 (Entry into force of a judge’s decision on an administrative offense and revision of the decision), Article 326 (Execution of a decision on administrative arrest and detention on guard duty). As well as additions to the Code by Article’s 326–1 (Petition for the imposition of the pretext and its consideration), 326–2 (Execution of the decision on the exercise of the pretext) and 328–1 (Petition for suspension of the term of administrative arrest and its consideration). The author of the article proposes to amend paragraph 2 of Article 6 of the Draft Law “On the Rules of Administrative Arrest”. Thus, adhere to the principle of non-discrimination enshrined in art. 3 of the draft law. According to the author, it would be logical, if there is an established procedure, to establish liability for violation of the rules and conditions of administrative arrest in the form of a separate provision to the Code of Ukraine on Administrative Offenses. The general conclusion is that the adoption of the Laws “On Rules of Administrative Arrest” and “On Amendments to the Code of Ukraine on Administrative Offenses in connection with the adoption of the Law of Ukraine “On Rules of Administrative Arrest”” will improve the legal regulation of application and administrative arrest, as a type of administrative penalty, to address a number of issues that exist in this area, which will ultimately contribute to the rule of law and respect for human rights in the application of the penalty.