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Law and Order | 15 May, 2009 [ 15:34 ]
Citizen's arrest law in Peru could go into effect in July
LivinginPeru.com
Israel Ruiz
A law making citizen's arrest legal in Peru, which was not supposed to go into effect until 2013, may be promulgated and put into force within the next two months.
The law, which gives any person in the country not acting as a sworn law-enforcement official the authority to make an arrest, was passed by Peru's congressional representatives on Thursday and could go into effect as early as July 1.
It was reported that the only authorization pending is that of Alan Garcia's administration, which has to promulgate the law before it can go into force.
It is believed this will not be a problem due to the fact that Garcia's administration has pushed to speed up the approval of this law.
The date the law was to be approved was pushed forward because citizen's arrest has had good results in jurisdictions where it has been approved, said Juan Carlos Eguren, head of the Congressional Justice Commission.
"To this date over seven hundred cases of citizen's arrest have taken place without any reports of abuse," said Eguren.
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Israel Ruiz
A law making citizen's arrest legal in Peru, which was not supposed to go into effect until 2013, may be promulgated and put into force within the next two months.The law, which gives any person in the country not acting as a sworn law-enforcement official the authority to make an arrest, was passed by Peru's congressional representatives on Thursday and could go into effect as early as July 1.
It was reported that the only authorization pending is that of Alan Garcia's administration, which has to promulgate the law before it can go into force.
It is believed this will not be a problem due to the fact that Garcia's administration has pushed to speed up the approval of this law.
The date the law was to be approved was pushed forward because citizen's arrest has had good results in jurisdictions where it has been approved, said Juan Carlos Eguren, head of the Congressional Justice Commission.
"To this date over seven hundred cases of citizen's arrest have taken place without any reports of abuse," said Eguren.
Have other topics you'd like to see in our news section? If you or someone you know would like to contribute a news article to Living in Peru, whether it's translated or based on a personal investigation, send it to editor@livinginperu.com.
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1 Comment
# pedro says :
17 May, 2009 [ 12:46 ]
Well that should trim the police force down to about 5% of what it currently is... provided that the citizen's arrest law doesn't exclude arresting cops ;)Add your comment
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