Azerbaijan

Code of Criminal Procedure of the Azerbaijan Republic

General Part

SECTION THREE
EVIDENCE AND PROOF

Chapter XIV
EVIDENCE

Article 124. Concept and types of evidence

124.1. Reliable evidence (information, documents, other items) obtained by the court or the parties to criminal proceedings shall be considered as prosecution evidence. Such evidence :

124.1.1. shall be obtained in accordance with the requirements of the Code of Criminal Procedure, without restriction of constitutional human and civil rights and liberties or with restrictions on the grounds of a court decision (on the basis of the investigator‘s decision in the urgent cases described in this Code) ;
124.1.2. shall be produced in order to show whether or not the act was a criminal one, whether or not the act committed had the ingredients of an offence, whether or not the act was committed by the accused, whether or not he is guilty, and other circumstances essential to determining the charge correctly.

124.2. The following shall be accepted as evidence in criminal proceedings :

124.2.1. statements by the suspect, the accused, the victim and witnesses ;
124.2.2. the expert’s opinion ;
124.2.3. material evidence ;
124.2.4. records of investigative and court procedures ;
124.2.5. other documents.

Keywords

Other forms of cooperation
Cooperation under procedures of national law
Admissibility of evidence - national proceedings
Taking of evidence - national proceedings
Production of evidence - national proceedings
Preservation of evidence - national proceedings



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