Electronic segment in the criminal procedural legislation of the Republic of Belarus

Abstract

The article deals with study of the electronic segment in the criminal procedural legislation of the Republic of Belarus. It is established that in the Republic of Belarus there is a specialized electronic instrument of criminal process in the form of an information system - information help funds of law enforcement agencies, and in the form of technical devices - electronic means of control; technical controls. Non-specialized electronic tools of criminal proceedings are also provided, including: video equipment; electronic media; audio and / or video recording facilities; means of communication; scientific and technical means; video conferencing system; technical means; technical means of communication; technical means of fixation and the like. The use of electronic evidence has been investigated. In particular, it provides for the announcement of the testimony of the accused, the victim and the witness, the reproduction of a sound recording, video recording or filming of his testimony; announcement at the hearing of the protocols of investigative actions; inclusion in the expert's opinion of photos confirming the expert's conclusions. The electronic form of the procedural document is indirectly reflected through the indication in the criminal procedural law of the method of its production. The prism of the investigative action protocol regulates the separate issues of their electronic fixation. Transcripts, filming, sound recording and video recording can be used to ensure the completeness of the protocol. The general issues of regulation of electronic fixation of investigative actions are studied, and through the lens of the protocol of investigative action - separate issues of electronic fixation of investigative actions. The requirements for electronic fixing of the examination, examination of the corpse, exhumation, investigative experiment, arrest of postal and telegraph and other items, their inspection and seizure, listening and recording of negotiations, interrogation, presentation for examination are described in the Criminal Procedure Code of the Republic of Belarus on-site testimony. The trial is accompanied by shorthand, sound recording or video recording