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FEDERAL LAW OF THE RUSSIAN FEDERATION

of June 23, 2016 No. 220-FZ

About modification of separate legal acts of the Russian Federation regarding application of electronic documents in activities of judicial bodies

Accepted by the State Duma on June 7, 2016

Approved by the Federation Council on June 15, 2016

Article 1

Bring in the Code of penal procedure of the Russian Federation (The Russian Federation Code, 2001, No. 52, Art. 4921; 2002, No. 22, Art. 2027; No. 30, Art. 3015, 3020, 3029; No. 44, Art. 4298; 2003, No. 27, Art. 2700, 2706, 2708; No. 28, Art. 2880; No. 50, Art. 4847; 2004, No. 17, Art. 1585; No. 27, Art. 2711; No. 49, Art. 4853; 2005, No. 1, Art. 13; No. 23, Art. 2200; 2006, No. 3, Art. 277; No. 10, Art. 1070; No. 23, Art. 2379; No. 28, Art. 2975, 2976; No. 31, Art. 3452; 2007, No. 1, Art. 46; No. 16, Art. 1827; No. 18, Art. 2118; No. 24, Art. 2830, 2833; No. 31, Art. 4008, 4011; No. 41, Art. 4845; No. 49, Art. 6033; No. 50, Art. 6235, 6236, 6248; 2008, No. 12, Art. 1074; No. 24, Art. 2798; No. 49, Art. 5724; No. 52, Art. 6226, 6235; 2009, No. 1, Art. 29; No. 11, Art. 1266, 1267, 1268; No. 18, Art. 2145; No. 26, Art. 3139; No. 29, Art. 3613; No. 44, Art. 5170, 5173; No. 45, Art. 5263; No. 51, Art. 6161; No. 52, Art. 6422, 6453; 2010, No. 1, Art. 4; No. 8, Art. 780; No. 11, Art. 1168, 1169; No. 14, Art. 1552; No. 15, Art. 1756; No. 17, Art. 1985; No. 18, Art. 2145; No. 19, Art. 2284; No. 21, Art. 2525; No. 27, Art. 3416, 3427, 3428, 3431; No. 30, Art. 3986, 3989, 4003; No. 31, Art. 4164, 4193; No. 49, Art. 6412, 6414, 6419; 2011, No. 1, Art. 16, 39, 45, 46; No. 7, Art. 901; No. 13, Art. 1686, 1687; No. 15, Art. 2039; No. 19, Art. 2712; No. 23, Art. 3259; No. 25, Art. 3533; No. 29, Art. 4285, 4286; No. 30, Art. 4598, 4601, 4605; No. 45, Art. 6322, 6323, 6324, 6334; No. 48, Art. 6730; No. 50, Art. 7349, 7350, 7361, 7362; 2012, No. 10, Art. 1162, 1165, 1166; No. 24, Art. 3068, 3070, 3071; No. 26, Art. 3440; No. 30, Art. 4172; No. 31, Art. 4330, 4331, 4332; No. 47, Art. 6401; No. 49, Art. 6752, 6753; No. 53, Art. 7634, 7635, 7636, 7637; 2013, No. 7, Art. 608; No. 9, Art. 875; No. 14, Art. 1661, 1662; No. 17, Art. 2031; No. 23, Art. 2880; No. 26, Art. 3207; No. 27, Art. 3442, 3458, 3477, 3478; No. 30, Art. 4028, 4031, 4050, 4053, 4054, 4078; No. 43, Art. 5441, 5442; No. 44, Art. 5641; No. 48, Art. 6161, 6165; No. 51, Art. 6685, 6696; No. 52, Art. 6945, 6947, 6997; 2014, No. 6, Art. 554, 555, 556, 558; No. 11, Art. 1094; No. 16, Art. 1833; No. 19, Art. 2303, 2309, 2310, 2333, 2335; No. 23, Art. 2926, 2927; No. 26, Art. 3385; No. 30, Art. 4219, 4246, 4252, 4259, 4270, 4274, 4278; No. 43, Art. 5792; No. 48, Art. 6651; 2015, No. 1, Art. 47, 58, 71, 73, 81, 83, 85; No. 6, Art. 885; No. 10, Art. 1406, 1410, 1411, 1417; No. 13, Art. 1806; No. 21, Art. 2981; No. 24, Art. 3367; No. 27, Art. 3981, 3982; No. 29, Art. 4354, 4391; No. 51, Art. 7251; 2016, No. 1, Art. 29, 57, 60, 61; No. 10, Art. 1314; No. 14, Art. 1908; No. 18, Art. 2515) following changes:

The name of part six to state 1) in the following edition:

"Part six. Electronic documents and forms of procedural documents";

The name of the Section XIX to state 2) in the following edition:

"Section XIX. Use in criminal trial of electronic documents and forms of procedural documents";

The name of Chapter 56 to state 3) in the following edition:

"Chapter 56. Procedure for use of electronic documents and forms of procedural documents";

To add 4) with Article 474.1 of the following content:

"Article 474.1. Procedure for use of electronic documents in criminal trial

1. The petition, the statement, the claim, representation can be filed a lawsuit according to the procedure and terms which are established by this Code, in electronic form, signed by person which directed such document, the digital signature in accordance with the legislation of the Russian Federation by means of filling of the form posted on the official site of court on the Internet. The materials attached to the petition, the statement, the claim, representation also move in the form of electronic documents. The electronic documents made by other persons, bodies, the organizations in a free form or the form established for these documents by the legislation of the Russian Federation shall be signed by them the digital signature according to requirements of the legislation of the Russian Federation.

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