Azerbaijan

Code of Criminal Procedure of the Azerbaijan Republic

General Part

SECTION THREE
EVIDENCE AND PROOF

Chapter XV
PROOF

Article 145. Assessment of evidence

145.1. All evidence shall be assessed as to its relevance, credibility and reliability. The content of all evidence collected for the purposes of prosecution shall be assessed in terms of whether it is sufficient to substantiate the charge.

145.2. The preliminary investigator, investigator, prosecutor, judge and jury shall assess the evidence according to their personal conviction on the basis of a thorough, full and objective examination of its content, guided by the law and their conscience.

145.3. If suspicions which emerge during the process of proving the charge cannot be removed by other evidence, they shall be interpreted in favour of the suspect or accused.

Keywords

Admissibility of evidence - national proceedings



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