Regulations regarding the List of Objects Permitted for the Storage in the Short-time Place of Detention

Issued pursuant to
Section 5, Paragraph nine of Law
on the Procedures for Holding the Detained Persons

1. These Regulations prescribe the list of objects permitted for the storage in the short-time place of detention.

2. The following objects shall be permitted to be stored in the short-time place of detention:

2.1. a towel, soap, a soap holder, shampoo, toothpaste, a toothbrush, a plastic comb, a clothes brush and footwear brush, shoe polish, face and hand cream, as well as:

2.1.1. for women - make-up, which does not contain alcohol, and personal hygiene products;

2.1.2. for men - before and after shaving cream, a cassette or mechanical shaving appliance (the before and after shaving cream and the shaving cassettes shall be handed over for storage to a person on duty of the short-time place of detention);

2.2. outdoor clothes and headgear, conforming with the season, underwear (not more than two sets), stockings (not more than two pairs) and footwear (not more than two pairs);

2.3. glasses, contact lenses, as well as technical aids (for example, prosthesis, pair of crutches, walking-sticks);

2.4. a jug of a non-rusting metal or of plastic;

2.5. [15 December 2015]

2.6. the detention report and the search deed, as well as other procedural documents that apply to the person kept in the short-time place of detention;

2.7. writing paper and a ball point pen or a pencil;

2.8. books and publications (not more than five units);

2.9. religious objects the purpose of use of which is not in contradiction to the internal procedures of the place of temporary detention.

[10 July 2018]

3. A definite portion of medicinal products shall be permitted to be kept in individual cases with the permission of a health care practitioner.

Prime Minister A. Kalvītis

Minister for the Interior Dz. Jaundžeikars

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