Article 419. Powers of the Cassation Instance Court

Based on the results of reviewing a cassation complaint (protest), the cassation instance court shall have the authority to:

1) uphold the judgment, ruling, or order without changes;

2) annul the judgment, ruling, or order in full or in part and render a new judgment, ruling, or order;

3) amend the judgment, ruling, or order in full or in part;

4) annul the judgment in full or in part and, based on the grounds provided in this Code, leave the application without consideration or terminate the proceedings in full or in part;

5) if the case was considered in violation of jurisdictional rules, annul the judgment or ruling and forward the case materials to another court with proper jurisdiction.

If the grounds specified in subparagraph 4 of part one of Article 3722 and subparagraphs 2 and 4 of part two of Article 3724 of this Code are established, the cassation instance court shall consider the case under the rules of first instance proceedings. A ruling shall be issued on the transition to first instance procedure, specifying the actions to be taken.