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The article deals with the issue of implementation of the terms of pre-trial investigation, according to the analysis of scientific sources devoted to the terms of criminal proceedings, materials of law enforcement activities. The author analyses the provisions of the Law of Ukraine «On Introduction of Amendments to the Commercial Procedure Code of Ukraine, Civil Procedure Code of Ukraine, Administrative Court Procedure Code of Ukraine and Other Enactments dated 03.10.2017 No. 2147-VIII (Law No.2147-VIII). The domestic legislator conceptually changed the terms of pre-trial investigation and the procedural procedure for their calculation under this law.

The purpose of this article is to investigate the current legislation changes to the Article 219 of the Criminal Procedural Code (CPC) of Ukraine, according to the adopted law of Ukraine «On Introduction of Amendments to the Commercial Procedure Code of Ukraine, Civil Procedure Code of Ukraine, Administrative Court Procedure Code of Ukraine and Other Enactments dated 03.10.2017 No. 2147VIII (Law No.2147-VIII) and to reveal their shortcomings and providing suggestions on optimizing the provisions of the current CPC of Ukraine in this part.

In the article, the author defines the pre-trial investigation term and its meaning, in accordance with the latest amendments to the Criminal Procedural Code of Ukraine.

The author analyzes the new ground for the closure of criminal proceedings – if a new term of pre-trial investigation (6–18 months) has expired – except in the case when the person was informed about the suspicion of committing a serious or especially grave crime against human life and health In order to improve the Criminal Procedure Code of Ukraine, in order to ensure a prompt, complete and unimpeded investigation and court proceedings, it is proposed to amend the Criminal Procedural Code of Ukraine regarding the procedural procedure for calculating the terms of pre-trial investigation, in particular, from the moment of registering a criminal proceeding in the Unified Register of Pre-trial Investigations (URPI), by the day of referral to a court with an indictment, a petition for the use of compulsory measures of a medical or educational nature, a petition for a link ting from criminal individual responsibility or the day the decision to close the criminal proceedings.

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