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. 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: