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USING OF ELECTRONIC DOCUMENTS AS EVIDENCES IN CRIMINAL AND CIVIL PROCEDURE

USING OF ELECTRONIC DOCUMENTS

AS EVIDENCES IN CRIMINAL AND CIVIL PROCEDURE

G.V. BURGANOVA,

Assistant of the Department of Criminal Procedure and Criminalistics

of the Kazan (Volga Region) Federal University

In the article the author made an attempt to analyze theoretical and practical aspects of

use of electronic documents at the evidence procedure in criminal and civil procedure. The

author identifies the main issues of using electronic documents as evidence, which form

three blocks: the normative description of the form and format of an electronic document in

order to guarantee the uniqueness of its perception in various situations; use of an electronic

document as evidence; distribution of responsibility between the participants of electronic

exchange. It is specified the importance of authentication of the electronic document which

is carried out by means of verification of the electronic sign-code signature. The author

defines expediency of development of the mechanism obligatory reserve copying withdrawn

within investigative actions and law-enforcement procedures of electronic documents on the

server which is under control of the independent third party. In conclusion the author offers

to make additions to standards of the civil procedural and criminal procedural legislation

and to develop the special standards devoted to an order of providing and submission of

electronic textual proofs which would provide including an opportunity for the person

concerning whom the procedure of criminal or civil proceedings is excited to submit the

copies of electronic documents which are the evidence in the case.

Keywords: electronic document; evidence; proof; criminal procedure; civil procedure.

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Information about the author

Burganova G.V. (Kazan, Russia) – Assistant of the Department of Criminal Procedure

and Criminalistics of the Kazan (Volga Region) Federal University (18 Kremlyovskaya

St., Kazan, 420008, Russia; e-mail: [email protected]).

Recommended citation

Burganova G.V. Ispol’zovanie elektronnykh dokumentov v kachestve dokazatel’stv

v ugolovnom i grazhdanskom protsesse [Using of Electronic Documents as Evidences

in Criminal and Civil Procedure]. Вестник гражданского процесса = Herald of Civil

Procedure, 2019, no. 1, p. 354–361. (In Russian) DOI: 10.24031/2226-0781-2019-9-1-

354-361

G.V. BURGANOVA