General Part

SECTION THREE
EVIDENCE AND PROOF

Chapter XIV
EVIDENCE

Article 124. Concept and types of evidence

124.1. Reliable evidence (information, documents, other items) obtained by the court or the parties to criminal proceedings shall be considered as prosecution evidence. Such evidence :

124.1.1. shall be obtained in accordance with the requirements of the Code of Criminal Procedure, without restriction of constitutional human and civil rights and liberties or with restrictions on the grounds of a court decision (on the basis of the investigator‘s decision in the urgent cases described in this Code) ;
124.1.2. shall be produced in order to show whether or not the act was a criminal one, whether or not the act committed had the ingredients of an offence, whether or not the act was committed by the accused, whether or not he is guilty, and other circumstances essential to determining the charge correctly.

124.2. The following shall be accepted as evidence in criminal proceedings :

124.2.1. statements by the suspect, the accused, the victim and witnesses ;
124.2.2. the expert’s opinion ;
124.2.3. material evidence ;
124.2.4. records of investigative and court procedures ;
124.2.5. other documents.

SPECIAL PART

SECTION ELEVEN
SPECIAL PROCEEDINGS

Chapter LVII
LEGAL ASSISTANCE IN CRIMINAL MATTERS

Article 505. Release of property

505.1. The prosecuting authority of the Azerbaijan Republic to which the request is addressed shall release the following items at the request of the competent authority of the foreign state :

505.1.1. items used during the commission of the offence which gave rise to the person’s extradition, including the instruments used for the offence, items received as a result of the offence or as payment for it, and items received by the offender in place of those obtained in this way ;
505.1.2. items which may be of evidential value in the criminal case.

505.2. The items referred to in Article 505.1 of this Code shall be released even if the extradition of the person is impossible as a result of death, escape or other circumstances.

505.3. If the items referred to in Article 505.1 of this Code are needed as evidence in the criminal case by the prosecuting authority of the Azerbaijan Republic to which the request is addressed, their release may be delayed until the end of the proceedings.

505.4. The right of third parties to the items released shall remain in force. After the end of the proceedings, these items shall be returned without compensation to the prosecuting authority of the Azerbaijan Republic which released them to the competent authority of the foreign state.