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Changes the Code of Criminal Procedure to allow the judge, on his or her own (without a request from another authority), to order precautionary measures, including pretrial detention, and to convert an arrest in the act into pretrial detention.

PL 5781/2023 · latest vote on December 6, 2023

Changes the Code of Criminal Procedure to allow the judge, on his or her own (without a request from another authority), to order precautionary measures, including pretrial detention, and to convert an arrest in the act into pretrial detention. Applies to crimes of domestic and family violence against women (Maria da Penha Law).

Key points and official text

Key points

  • Amends the Code of Criminal Procedure (Decree-Law No. 3.689/1941)
  • The judge could act ex officio, that is, on his or her own initiative
  • Includes precautionary measures, pretrial detention and conversion of an arrest in the act into pretrial detention
  • Applies to crimes of domestic and family violence against women

Official text (PL 5781/2023)

The official text is in Portuguese, as it was voted.

Altera o Decreto-Lei nº 3.689, de 3 de outubro de 1941 (Código de Processo Penal) para permitir que o juiz, de ofício, decrete medidas cautelares, inclusive prisão preventiva, bem como converta a prisão em flagrante em preventiva, nos casos de crime praticado no âmbito de violência doméstica e familiar contra a mulher, de que trata a Lei nº 11.340, de 7 de agosto de 2006, desde que presentes os requisitos do art. 312 do Decreto-Lei nº 3.689, de 3 de outubro de 1941 (Código de Processo Penal). NOVA EMENTA: Altera o Decreto-Lei nº 3.689, de 3 de outubro de 1941 (Código de Processo Penal), para permitir que o juiz, de ofício, decrete medidas cautelares, inclusive prisão preventiva, e converta a prisão em flagrante em preventiva, nos casos de crime praticado com violência doméstica e familiar contra a mulher, de que trata a Lei nº 11.340, de 7 de agosto de 2006 (Lei Maria da Penha).

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