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application of a more severe measure where the same purpose can be served by amore lenient one.(3) These measures shall also be repealed ex officio when the reasons for theirapplication cease to exist, or shall be replaced by a more lenient measure when thenecessary conditions are fulfilled.(4) The provisions of Articles 134, 135 and Article 136 paragraph 9 shall applyaccordingly to suspects.2. SummonsArticle 134(1) The presence of accused persons in criminal proceedings shall be secured byserving them summons. Summons are issued to accused persons by courts.(2) Accused persons shall be summoned by serving them a sealed written summonscontaining the name of the court which issued the summons, the accused person’s firstname and surname, the legal designation of the criminal offence with which the accusedperson is charged, the place to which the accused person is being summoned, the dateand time when the accused person should appear, information that the accused personis being summoned in the capacity of accused person and a caution that in case theaccused person fails to appear he will be brought in forcibly, the official seal and the firstname and surname of the judge who issued the summons.(3) Where an accused person is being summoned for the first time, he shall be informedin the summoned about his right to a defence counsel and that the defence counsel isentitled to attend his interrogation.(4) Accused persons are required to promptly notify the court of any change of addressor intention to change their abode. Accused persons shall be instructed about thisobligation at their first interrogation, or when they are served an indictment without theconduct of any prior investigation (Article 244 paragraph 6), a motion to indict, or aprivate prosecution, as well as the consequences prescribed by this Code.(5) Where accused persons are unable to respond to a summons due to illness or otherunavoidable impediment, they shall be interrogated wherever they are located, ortransported to the court or other location where an action is being performed.3. Bringing in accused personsArticle 135(1) Where detention has been ordered, or where an accused person duly served asummons fails to appear, or where summons could not be duly served and thecircumstances lead to an obvious conclusion that the accused person is avoidingreception of the summons, the court may issue an order to have the accused personbrought in.