GENERAL PART
Section IV. EVIDENCE
CHAPTER 15. TYPES OF EVIDENCE
Article 117. Ensuring safety of objects during the criminal proceedings
1. While keeping or removing objects every measure shall be taken to prevent them from being lost, damaged, destroyed, touched or mixed with other objects.
2. While forwarding the case all the objects submitted for the case and those forwarded with the case as well as the disposition of material evidence not attached to the case shall be inventoried in the supplementary letter and in the document attached to the indictment. Material evidence is sent to the court in packaged and sealed form.
3. The received objects shall be compared with the information provided in the supplementary letter or the document attached to the indictment. Should a discrepancy be found, a protocol is to be created to that effect. Packaged and sealed materials are opened and examined only during criminal trial.
1. States Parties shall, in accordance with the provisions of this Part and under procedures of national law, comply with requests by the Court to provide the following assistance in relation to investigations or prosecutions:
(j) The protection of victims and witnesses and the preservation of evidence;