Article 151. Judicial Pleadings

After completing the examination of all the evidence, the presiding judge of the court session shall ask the persons participating in the case whether they have additional materials on the case. In the absence of such materials, the court shall proceed to judicial pleadings.

The judicial pleadings shall consist of oral statements of the persons participating in the case. In the pleading, they substantiate their position on the case.

In the judicial pleadings, the applicant shall plead the first, then the third person, who makes independent claims regarding the subject of the dispute, and the defendant. A third party, who does not make independent claims regarding the subject of the dispute, shall speak after the applicant or after the defendant, on whose side he participates in the case.

The prosecutor, as well as representatives of state bodies and other persons who have applied to the court in defense of the rights and legally protected interests of others, shall be the first to plead in the court trial.

The participants in the judicial pleadings shall not have the right to refer to circumstances that were not clarified by the court, and to evidence that was not investigated in the court session or was declared inadmissible by the court.

The prosecutor participating in the case shall state his opinion on the merits of the dispute in the judicial pleadings last, with the exception of the cases provided for by part four of this Article.