Article 277. Content of the record (protocol)

The record of the court session shall reflect all the essential points of the case trial or a separate procedural action performed. The following shall be specified in the court session record:

1) Year, month, date, and place of the court session;

2) Start and end time of the court session;

3) Title of the court considering the case, surname and initials of the judge, and the court session secretary;

4) Title and reference number of the case;

5) Information on the appearance of persons participating in the case and persons contributing to the administration of justice;

6) Court's explanation to the parties and other participants of the proceedings of their procedural rights and obligations;

7) Information on service of summons and other notices and reasons for non-appearance to the court session of the persons specified in Item 5 of this Article;

8) All orders of the presiding judge and the rulings rendered by the court without leaving to a separate room (consultation room);

9) Applications of persons participating in the case;

10) information on all material, written, and digital evidence submitted to the court, written expert opinions, and specialistsʼ consultations.

11) explanations of the persons participating in the case, testimonies of witnesses, oral explanations of expert conclusions given by experts, explanations of specialists, and information relating to the inspection of material, written, and digital evidence.

12) Content of judicial pleadings and the prosecutor's opinion;

13) Information on the disclosure of the court decision, ruling, or resolution.

The court session record may also contain other information.

If audio and video recording of the court session is made, a note on the use of technical means of recording the court session shall be included in the court session record.

The record of the court session shall be kept continuously with the use of audio and video recording facilities.

Electronic or other media of audio and video recording shall be attached to the court session record or to the record of a separate procedural action, in which the corresponding entry shall be made.

In the event that a court session is held via videoconferencing, the court session record — except as provided for in part one of this Article — shall also contain the following information on: