Source: http://azpenalreform.az/2009/12/17/law-n-682-2002-romania/?lang=en
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"AZADLIQDAN MƏHRUMETMƏ YERLƏRİNİN MÜŞAHİDƏSİ" İCTİMAİ BİRLİYİ Law N 682/2002 / Romania – "AZADLIQDAN MƏHRUMETMƏ YERLƏRİNİN MÜŞAHİDƏSİ" İCTİMAİ BİRLİYİ
Art.1. – The present law includes provisions related to the assurance of protection and assistance of witnesses, whose lives, physical integrity or freedom is threatened as a consequence of them being in possession of certain information or data regarding the perpetration of certain serious offences, which they provided or agreed to provide to judicial bodies and which are crucial in the disclosing of perpetrators and solving of certain cases.
Art.2. – For the purpose of the present law, the terms and expressions below have the following meaning:
k) major damage is the damage, resulting from an offence, beyond the equivalent in LEI of the amount of ? 50,000;
Art.3. – (1) The National Office for Witness Protection, hereinafter referred to as the ONPM, will be set up within the Ministry of Interior, under the authority of the General Inspectorate of the Romanian Police.
(3) The necessary budget for the implementation of the Program will be included into a special chapter of the budget of the Ministry of Interior, with the title “Funds for the Witness Protection Program”.
Art.4 – (1) Inclusion of one person in the Program is possible only provided the following conditions are cumulatively met:
Art.5. – The criminal investigation body, at the stage of criminal prosecution and the prosecutor, at the stage of judgment, are entitled to, based on a motivated proposal, require to the prosecutor, respectively to the court, to include in the Program a witness, one of his / her family members or a close person, as the case may be.
Art.6. – (1) The proposal of inclusion in the Program must include:
e) any elements which may prove the witness’ state of jeopardy;
k) any other relevant information for the evaluation of the witness’ situation and for its inclusion in the Program.
Art.7. – The prosecutor or, as the case may be, the court will decide on the proposal of inclusion in the Program, through ordinance, respectively closure, within the shortest time possible, but not later than 5 days from the moment when the proposal was received.
Art.8. – (1) Provided that the prosecutor or the court agrees with the proposal, they will communicate to the ONPM the ordinance, respectively the closure for inclusion in the Program of the respective person, and the ONPM will take all necessary measures to elaborate and implement the support plan.
Art.9. – (1) Within 7 days from issuance of the ordinance or of the closure for inclusion in the Program, the ONPM will conclude a written Protection Protocol with each witness, family member or person close to the witness for whom inclusion in the Program has been ordered.
Art.10. – The Protection Protocol includes:
Art.11. – The protected witness will have the following obligations:
Art.12. – (1) The ONPM is under obligation to put up a support plan for each protected witness, to include protection and assistance measures, as well as to implement them.
Art.13. – (1) The protected witness keeps contact with the ONPM through a contact person designated by the latter, according to the conditions stipulated in the Protocol.
Art.14. – (1) Protection and assistance granted to the witness, which is in a state of jeopardy and to the protected witness, will be assured, according to the present law, by the Police units, or, as the case may be, by the ONPM.
Art.15. – (1) The Police unit or, as the case may be, the body administrating the detainment location may enforce urgent measures for the witness in a state of jeopardy and who needs immediate protection measures, which are to be communicated to the Prosecutor within 24 hours.
Art.16. – (1) The documents related to the witness’ inclusion in the Program will be kept by the ONPM in conditions of maximum security.
(2) The documents containing data about the witness’ real identity can be introduced in the criminal file only subsequent to disappearance of the jeopardy which determined the witness’ inclusion in the Program.
Art.17. – (1) The Program will cease in one of the following situations:
Art.18. – (1) The ONPM will inform in writing the Prosecutor or, as the as the case may be, the court in relation to the existence of any of the situations provided in art.17.
Art.19. – The person who is a witness according with art.2 let.a) pct.1 and 2, who committed a serious offence and, before or during the criminal investigations of during the trial denounces or facilitates the identification and the punishment of other persons who have committed such offences, will be punished with a half of the penalty provided by law.
Art.20. – (1) Intentional disclosure of the real identity o, the home or residence of the protected witness, as well as of any other information leading to his / her identification, provided that the witness’ life, physical integrity or health is endangered, will be punished by 1 to 5 years imprisonment.
b) the witness’ physical integrity or health have been seriously damaged;
(3) Provided that the offence resulted in the victim’s death or suicide, punishment will be 15 to 25 years imprisonment.
Art.23. – The funds necessary for the implementation of the Program and of the urgent measures will be provided from the amounts allocated for this purpose from the state budget through the annual budgets of the Ministry of Interior or allocated from external programs.
Art.24. – (1) For the application of this law, the Ministry of Interior, the Ministry of Justice and the Public Ministry will collaborate with the institutions of the national security system where the latter are involved in witness protection actions.
Art.25. – (1) The present law will enter into force 30 days from its publishing in the Official Journal of Romania, Part I.
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