Article 5. Civil case

A civil case shall be formed by the court on the basis of documents presented to the court by persons participating in the case and other participants in civil proceedings or documents demanded by the court, as well as judicial acts.

A civil case can be formed in electronic form.

A civil case, formed in electronic form, may have a hard copy on paper.

When forming a civil case in electronic form, persons participating in the case and other participants in civil proceedings shall be entitled to present documents to the court in electronic form. Written documents presented to the court by persons participating in the case and other participants in civil proceedings shall be enclosed to the case in electronic form, after which the written documents shall be returned to the persons who submitted them.

Where a civil case is formed in electronic form, court decisions shall be verified by the electronic digital signature of the judge(s), and the records of court sessions and procedural actions shall be verified by the electronic digital signature of the presiding judge and the court session secretary.

The transfer of an electronically generated civil case to another court or other body shall be done through information systems.