Armenia

Criminal Procedure Code of the Republic of Armenia

SPECIAL PART

SECTION 8. PRETRIAL PROCEEDINGS OF CRIMINAL CASES

CHAPTER 30. IDENTIFICATION

Article 222. Identification of objects

When necessary to present some object for identification, the investigator interrogates the identifier beforehand about the features of this object, in what circumstances he saw the object.
If the identifier is a witness or the injured person, he is warned beforehand about the responsibility for avoidance or refusal from testimony, perjury as well as the right not to testify against his spouse or close relative.
The identified object is presented to the identifier amongst other similar objects. The identifier is told to point at the object which he can recognize and explain by what features he recognized the object. When identifying an object it is allowed to clean it from dirt, rust, etc.
Object identification is done in the presence of witnesses to identification.

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