A/HRC/4/33/Add.2 Page 109 616. According to information received from NGOs and other sources, the Code of Criminal Procedure of 1 June 2005 provides that persons can be held in police custody for a maximum of 24 hours for individual crimes and four days for joint crimes. In both cases, an extension of three days is possible, and in case of emergency, seven days. However, police custody exceeding the legal periods, as well as cases of unrecorded detention, are still reported. 617. The Government stressed that time limits on custody were being respected and custody registers were properly completed, which was confirmed by CPT in its report [CPT/Inf (2006) 30]. The allegation in the NGO submission that “police custody exceeding the legal periods as well as cases of unrecorded detention are still reported” is groundless. If any such allegation is reported to the relevant judicial authorities, it shall be investigated thoroughly. 618. Recommendation (c) stated: Pilot projects at present under way involving automatic audioand videotaping of police and jandarma questioning should be rapidly expanded to cover all such questioning in every place of custody in the country. 619. According to information received from NGOs and other sources, audio- and videotaping of interrogations are still not common standards. 620. The Government informed that article 147/h of the new Criminal Procedure Code envisages the use of technical facilities for recording proceedings on interrogation and statement taking. In addition, article 11 (g) of the Regulations on Apprehension, Detention and Statement Taking stipulates that necessary protective measures shall be taken to ensure the right to life of persons in custody, including their surveillance which may be recorded by use of available technical means. A system was developed in accordance with the European Union Twinning Project called “development of statement taking techniques and interview rooms” and has been implemented in 30 designated interview rooms. This system will be applied in all the provinces by the end of 2011. For this purpose 2 million YTL (US $ 1,402,033) have been allocated in the 2007 budget. Modernisation programmes for jandarma custody and interrogation rooms are currently underway depending on the availability of funds. Within the framework of the modernisation programmes, 67 per cent of jandarma custody facilities have been brought in line with international standards. Recently 384 audio and video recording facilities for gendarmerie interrogation rooms have been purchased and distributed to units. It is planned to purchase 1901 more of these facilities. New projects have been designed for the purchase of audio and video facilities to record interrogations at the anti-terror branches of Security Directorates in 34 provinces. 621. Recommendation (d) stated: Medical personnel required to carry out examinations of detainees on entry into police, jandarma, court and prison establishments, or on leaving police and/or jandarma establishments, should be independent of ministries responsible for law enforcement or the administration of justice and be properly qualified in forensic medical techniques capable of identifying sequelae of physical torture or ill-treatment, as well as psychological trauma potentially attributable to mental torture or ill-treatment; international assistance should be given for the necessary training. Examinations of detainees by medical doctors selected by them should be given weight in any court proceedings (relating to the detainees or to officials accused of torture or ill-treatment) equivalent to that accorded to officially employed or selected doctors having comparable qualifications; the police bringing a detainee to a medical examination should never be