Chapter 3PROOF
Division 9Document and Physical Evidence
§ 123. Document
(1) A document containing information concerning the facts relating to a subject of proof may be used for the purposes of proof.
(2) A document is physical evidence if the document has the characteristics specified in subsection 124 (1) of this Code.
Chapter 5PROCEDURAL DOCUMENTS, TRANSLATION, INTERPRETATION AND SUMMONING
Division 1Procedural Documents
§ 144. Language of procedural documents
(1) Procedural documents shall be prepared in the Estonian language. If a procedural document is prepared in another language, a translation into Estonian shall be appended thereto.
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(2) Translation into the Estonian language of procedural documents prepared in other languages by investigative bodies and the Prosecutor’s Office in terminated criminal proceedings shall be appended at the order of the Prosecutor's Office or at the request of a participant in proceedings.
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Chapter 5PROCEDURAL DOCUMENTS, TRANSLATION, INTERPRETATION AND SUMMONING
Division 1Procedural Documents
§ 160.1. Criminal file
(1) Criminal file means a set of documents collected in a criminal matter.
(2) The court maintains a court file on every criminal matter which it deals with and which includes, in chronological order, all the procedural documents and other documentation related to the matter. In the cases prescribed by law, other objects relevant to the proceedings shall be included in the court file.
(3) A court file is kept in the form of a collection of written documents.
(4) A court file may be maintained, in whole or in part, in digital form.
(5) If a court file is maintained in digital format, paper documents are scanned and saved in the E-File system under the relevant proceedings. The E-File system shall automatically record the time of saving a document and the data of the person saving it. Documents saved in the E-File system substitute for paper documents.
(6) The time and procedure for transfer to mandatory maintaining of digital court files, technical requirements for maintaining of digital court files and access thereto and preservation of electronic documents shall be established by a regulation of the Minister responsible for the area.
(7) More specific requirements for archiving of digital court files and access to archived files and procedural documents shall be established by a regulation of the Minister responsible for the area.
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§ 160.2. Delivery of digital documents
(1) Digital applications, appeals and other documents in criminal proceedings shall be delivered directly or through the E-File system, unless otherwise provided for in this Code. A body conducting proceedings shall enter the directly delivered digital documents in the E-File system.
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(2) For a digital document to be appended to a criminal file, the document shall be printed and included in the file. A body conducting proceedings shall certify the authenticity of the printed document and the correspondence thereof to the digital document by his or her signature and add the identification number of the document in the E-File system thereto.
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(3) Advocates, notaries, bailiffs, trustees in bankruptcy and state or local government agencies shall submit applications, complaints and other documents to a body conducting proceedings by electronic means, unless there is good reason to submit procedural documents in another format.
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§ 160.3. Requirements for documents
(1) The requirements for a criminal file and the standard format of a statement of defence shall be established by the minister responsible for the area.
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(1.1) The standard format of documents of pre-court procedure in criminal matters shall be established by the Prosecutor General by direction provided to the Prosecutor’s Office and investigative bodies on the basis of subsection 213 (5) of this Code.
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(2) The procedure for the preparation, delivery and preservation of documents signed digitally in criminal proceedings and other digital documents shall be established by the Minister responsible for the area.
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§ 160.4. Making of excerpts and obtainment of copies
(1) If a person has the right to examine procedural documents on the basis of this Code, he or she shall be allowed to make excerpts therefrom and receive a copy thereof for a fee, unless otherwise regulated by this Code.
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(2) In the interests of the criminal proceedings, the Prosecutor’s Office may restrict the right to make excerpts and receive copies by a reasoned order for a certain period of time.
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(3) A state fee shall be paid for a copy specified in subsection (1) of this section in the amount provided for in subsection 61 (1) of the State Fees Act.
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6. Al desempeñar sus funciones antes del juicio o en el curso de éste, la Sala de Primera Instancia podrá, de ser necesario:
(b) Ordenar la comparecencia y la declaración de testigos y la presentación de documentos y otras pruebas recabando, de ser necesario, la asistencia de los Estados con arreglo a lo dispuesto en el presente Estatuto;
La Corte, si pide a un Estado Parte que le proporcione información o un documento que esté bajo su custodia, posesión o control y que le haya sido divulgado por un Estado, una organización intergubernamental o una organización internacional a título confidencial, recabará el consentimiento de su autor para divulgar la información o el documento. Si el autor es un Estado Parte, podrá consentir en divulgar dicha información o documento o comprometerse a resolver la cuestión con la Corte, con sujeción a lo dispuesto en el artículo 72. Si el autor no es un Estado Parte y no consiente en divulgar la información o el documento, el Estado requerido comunicará a la Corte que no puede proporcionar la información o el documento de que se trate en razón de la obligación contraída con su autor de preservar su carácter confidencial.
1. Los Estados Partes, de conformidad con lo dispuesto en la presente Parte y con los procedimientos de su derecho interno, deberán cumplir las solicitudes de asistencia formuladas por la Corte en relación con investigaciones o enjuiciamientos penales a fin de:
(d) Notificar documentos, inclusive los documentos judiciales;
(i) Transmitir registros y documentos, inclusive registros y documentos oficiales;
(a) La Corte velará por la protección del carácter confidencial de los documentos y de la información, salvo en la medida en que éstos sean necesarios para la investigación y las diligencias pedidas en la solicitud.
(b) El Estado requerido podrá, cuando sea necesario, transmitir al Fiscal documentos o información con carácter confidencial. El Fiscal únicamente podrá utilizarlos para reunir nuevas pruebas.
(c) El Estado requerido podrá, de oficio o a solicitud del Fiscal, autorizar la divulgación ulterior de estos documentos o información, los cuales podrán utilizarse como medios de prueba de conformidad con lo dispuesto en las partes V y VI y de conformidad con las Reglas de Procedimiento y Prueba.
Los archivos de la Corte y, en general, todos los papeles y documentos, cualquiera sea su forma, y todos los materiales que se envíen a la Corte o que ésta envíe, estén en poder de la Corte o le pertenezcan, dondequiera y en poder de quienquiera que se hallen, serán inviolables. La terminación o ausencia de esa inviolabilidad no afectará a las medidas de protección que la Corte ordene de conformidad con el Estatuto y las Reglas de Procedimiento y Prueba con respecto a documentos y materiales que la Corte utilice o le sean facilitados.