
	Actual problems of Russian law Reference: Smolkova, I.V. Procedural position of a witness according to the Charter of Criminal Judicial Proceedings // Actual problems of Russian law. 2014. № 4. P. 699-704. URL: https://en.nbpublish.com/library_read_article.php?id=64147 Smolkova, I.V. Procedural position of a witness according to the Charter of Criminal Judicial Proceedings Abstract: The article is devoted to the legislative regulation of the procedural status of a witness, the cases when he may be freed from the obligation to give testimony, specific features and conditions of the interrogation at the time of investigation and during the trial according to the Charter of Criminal Judicial Proceedings. Due to the absence of definition of a witness in the Charter of Criminal Judicial Proceedings, the author provides characteristics of various definitions of witness, as provided for in the works of the pre-Revolution procedural law scholars. The author analyzes the norms of Charter of Criminal Judicial Proceedings, which freed the witnesses from the obligation to give testimony, and the grounds for it. In addition, the author provides and comments the provisions of the draft Charter of Criminal Judicial Proceedings of 1900. The author studies the provisions of the Charter of Criminal Judicial Proceedings regarding the testimony of witnesses under oath during investigation and trial, providing the characteristics of importance of an oath in the works of the Russian pre-Revolution procedural law scholars. The author uses the method of historical analysis of the provisions of the Charter of Criminal Judicial Proceedings, as well as comparative legal method allowing to establish the legislative approach towards regulation of the legal position of a witness, as well as scientific opinions on various aspects of procedural status of a witness. The article for the first time provides specific analysis of the norms of the Charter of Criminal Judicial Proceedings on procedural status of a witness, rules for witness interrogation during preliminary investigation and during trial, as well as the role of the oath of the witness in the guarantees of authentic testimony. Based on the analysis of the norms of the Charter of Criminal Judicial Proceedings the author formulates a conclusion that it was the Charter of Criminal Judicial Proceedings, which laid the foundation for the modern institution of witness in the criminal judicial proceedings, and many of its provisions are taken by the Criminal Procedural Code of the Russian Federation. Keywords: the Charter of Criminal Judicial Proceedings, Judicial reform, witness, free from witness testimony, witness immunity, witness interrogation, oath of a witness, free from oath, witness statement, advocate. This article can be downloaded freely in PDF format for reading. Download article This article written in Russian. You can find original text of the article here . References 1. Entsiklopedicheskiy slovar' / Izd-li F.A. Brokgauz, I.A. Efron. V 82-kh tt. Tom 64. SPb.: Tipo-litografiya I.A. Efrona, 1901. – 657 s. 2. Foynitskiy I.Ya. Kurs ugolovnogo sudoproizvodstva: V 2-kh tt. Tom 2. SPb.: Senatskaya tipografiya, 1912. – 567 s. 3. Tal'berg D.G. Russkoe ugolovnoe sudoproizvodstvo: V 2-kh tt. Tom 2. Kiev: Izd-e I.N. Kushnerov i Kº, 1889. – 318 s. 4. Sudebnye ustavy 20 noyabrya 1864 goda s izlozheniem rassuzhdeniy, na koikh oni osnovany. V 4-kh chch. Chast' Vtoraya. SPb.: Izd-e Gosudarstvennoy kantselyarii, 1866. – 523 s. 5. Sluchevskiy V.K. Uchebnik russkogo ugolovnogo sudoproizvodstva. Sudoustroystvo–Sudoproizvodstvo. CPb.: Tipografiya M. M. Stasyulevicha, 1910. – 664 s. 6. Skopinskiy A.V. Svideteli po ugolovnym delam: posobie dlya praktikov. M.: Izd-e knizhnogo magazina I.G. Golubeva, 1911. – 194 s. 7. Ozhegov S.I. Slovar' russkogo yazyka. M.: Russkiy yazyk, 1989. – 750 s. a.Proekt novoy redaktsii Ustava ugolovnogo sudoproizvodstva, sostavlennyy Vysochayshe utverzhdennoyu Komissieyu dlya peresmotra zakonopolozheniy po sudebnoy chasti. SPb.: Senatskaya tipografiya, 1900. – 513 s. 8. Makalinskiy P.V. Prakticheskoe rukovodstvo dlya sudebnykh sledovateley, sostoyashchikh pri okruzhnykh sudakh: V 2-kh chch. Chast' I. SPb.: Tipografiya N.A. Lebedeva, 1894. – 697 s. 9. Koni A.F. Nravstvennye nachala v ugolovnom protsesse // Koni A.F. Sobr. soch.: V 8-mi tt. Tom 4. M.: Yurid. lit., 1968. – S. 33–69. 10. Kvachevskiy A. Ob ugolovnom presledovanii, doznanii i predvaritel'nom issledovanii prestupleniy po sudebnym ustavam 1864 g.: V 3-kh chch. Chast' 3. (Vyp. vtoroy). SPb.: Tip. F.S. Sushchinskogo, 1870. – 319 s. 11. Viktorskiy S.I. Russkiy ugolovnyy protsess. M.: Kazennaya zheleznodorozhnaya tipografiya Moskovskogo uzla, 1911. – 320 s. 12. Arsen'ev K.K. Sudebnoe sledstvie: sbornik prakticheskikh zametok. SPb.: Tip. V. Demakova, 1870. – 361 s.

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