# 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…

- Bill: PL 5781/2023
- Subject: [Public Safety](https://votodeverdade.com.br/en/assunto/seguranca-publica/)
- Latest vote: December 6, 2023
- Page: https://votodeverdade.com.br/en/projeto/2408230/
- Official text: https://www.camara.leg.br/proposicoesWeb/prop_mostrarintegra?codteor=2367082 (The official text is in Portuguese, as it was voted.)

## Summary

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

- 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

## Votes

- December 6, 2023: approved, vote type: symbolic (no vote recorded for each deputy). Approved Bill No. 5.781 of 2023.

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