Rights Defender shall not be subject to censorship. Immediately after receiving them, but not later than within 24 hours, the competent bodies or organizations shall send them to the Defender. 2.2. The Complaint Mechanisms 2.2.1. The Republic of Armenia Penitentiary Code needs to prescribe a clear procedure for complaining against the actions or inaction of or decisions adopted by the PI administration and other competent bodies, by setting the deadlines, the requirements on complaints, and the procedure of examining and resolving complaints, as well as clarifying the scope of bodies that are authorized to examine such complaints. 2.2.2. It is necessary to prescribe the maximum deadlines for examining complaints, specifying deadlines for both starting the examination of a complaint and adopting a final decision as a result of such examination, with a view to preventing unnecessary delays. 2.2.3. Furthermore, it is necessary to amend the legislation with respect to judicial complaints by persons deprived of liberty against the actions or inaction of or decisions adopted by the PI administration or other competent bodies, including the determination of their jurisdiction. 2.2.4. In connection with the foregoing, it is necessary to make appropriate amendments to the Republic of Armenia Criminal Procedure Code to prescribe clear rules and procedures for judicial complaints against the actions or inaction of or decisions adopted by the PI administration or other competent bodies during sentence execution or during pre-trial detention, as well as deadlines for complaints by persons deprived of liberty, deadlines for the examination of the matter by the court, the type of the judicial act rendered and the respective time of entry into 18   

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