Decree-Law No. 4/2006, Special Regimes Within the Criminal Procedure Framework for Cases of Terrorism, Violent or Highly Organized Crime (Timor-Leste)
The Decree-Law provides the legal definition of terrorism and violent or highly organized crime which includes:
- Crimes of terrorism
- Terrorist organization or criminal association
- Crimes directed against the life
- Physical integrity or liberty of persons, and are punished with a maximum penalty equal to or higher than eight (8) years
- Serious drug trafficking
- Corruption
- Abuse of power
- Peculation
- Money laundering
- Unjust enrichment
- Trafficking of persons or arms or crimes against the rule of law, among others
Detention outside of flagrante delicto is allowed in cases of terrorism and violent or highly organized crimes when:
- There is well grounded circumstantial evidence that there will be an imminent commission of such crime which places a risk on the life or integrity of a person.
- The urgency of the danger makes it impossible to wait for the intervention of a judge.
Home searches, check and seizures in cases of terrorism or violent or highly organized crime without prior authorization or order are also allowed if there is well grounded circumstantial evidence that there will be an imminent commission of such crime which places a risk on the life or integrity of a person.