Detention is detention, detention. Generally, it can be divided into criminal detention, administrative detention and civil detention. Among them, criminal detention is a compulsory measure in criminal proceedings; Administrative detention belongs to public security administrative punishment; Civil detention is a kind of judicial administrative treatment and a compulsory measure in civil litigation.
What is the maximum period of detention?
If the perpetrator is detained in criminal detention, the longest period is thirty-seven days; If the perpetrator is placed in administrative detention, the longest period is generally fifteen days, and the longest period of combined detention is twenty days; If the offender is taken to judicial custody, the maximum time limit shall be 15 days. If a criminal suspect and his legal representative, close relatives or lawyers entrusted by the criminal suspect think that the detention has exceeded the statutory time limit, they have the right to lodge a complaint with the public security organ or the people's procuratorate and demand that the detention be lifted. If the situation is true after examination, the criminal suspect and defendant shall be released.
Legal basis:
Criminal procedure law
Article 89
If the public security organ deems it necessary to arrest the detained person, it shall submit it to the people's procuratorate for examination and approval within three days after detention. Under special circumstances, the approval time can be extended by one to four days.
For major suspects who commit crimes on the run, commit crimes many times or commit crimes in collusion, the time for submitting for examination and approval may be extended to 30 days.
The people's procuratorate shall, within seven days after receiving the approval letter from the public security organ, make a decision on whether to approve or disapprove the arrest. If the people's procuratorate does not approve the arrest, the public security organ shall immediately release it after receiving the notice and promptly notify the people's procuratorate to execute it. Those who need to continue the investigation and meet the conditions of obtaining a guarantor pending trial or residential surveillance shall be granted a guarantor pending trial or residential surveillance according to law.