FEDERAL LAW OF THE RUSSIAN FEDERATION

of December 29, 2025 No. 535-FZ

About modification of the Code of penal procedure of the Russian Federation

Accepted by the State Duma on December 16, 2025

Approved by the Federation Council on December 19, 2025

Article 1

Bring in the Code of penal procedure of the Russian Federation (The Russian Federation Code, 2001, No. 52, Art. 4921; 2007, No. 16, Art. 1827; No. 24, Art. 2830, 2833; 2008, No. 49, Art. 5724; 2009, No. 44, Art. 5173; 2011, No. 1, Art. 45; 2013, No. 43, Art. 5441; 2016, No. 52, Art. 7506; 2020, No. 15, Art. 2235; 2023, No. 1, Art. 55) following changes:

1) in part five of Article 32 of the word "the magistrate judge whose jurisdiction" shall be replaced with words "court, which jurisdiction";

2) in part two of Article 147 of the word "magistrate judge" to replace with the word "court";

Article 233 to add 3) with part pervoy.1 the following content:

"1.1. Legal proceedings on criminal cases, cognizable to the magistrate judge, shall be begun not earlier than 3 days and no later than 14 days from the date of receipt of criminal case in court.";

Part third of Article 246 to state 4) in the following edition:

"3. On criminal cases of private prosecution accusation in legal proceedings is supported by the private prosecutor.";

Part one of Article 273 to state 5) in the following edition:

"1. Court investigation is begun from statement by the state prosecutor of the charge brought to the defendant.";

The name of the Section XI to state 6) in the following edition:

"Section XI. Features of production on criminal cases of private prosecution";

The name of Chapter 41 to state 7) in the following edition:

"Chapter 41. Production on criminal cases of private prosecution";

8) in Article 318:

a) in part six of the word "magistrate judge" to replace with the word "judge";

b) in part eight of the word "magistrate judge" to replace with the word "court";

9) in Article 319:

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