Article 85. Conclusion of Expert or Commission of Experts

After carrying out studies, an expert or a commission of experts shall draw up a conclusion, which is certified by the signature of an expert or each expert, who is a member of the commission of experts, respectively.

The expert opinion shall reflect: the date and place of the expert examination; the grounds for conducting the expert examination; information about the court that appointed the expert examination; information about the expert (surname, first name, patronymic, education, specialty, work experience, academic degree, academic title, position held) and the organization entrusted with conducting the expert examination; the expert's warning regarding criminal liability for knowingly giving a false opinion, and for disclosing information and details of a closed court hearing without the permission of the court when the case is heard in a closed court session; the questions put before the expert; the objects of examination and case materials provided to the expert; information about the persons present during the expert examination; the content and results of the examinations, indicating the methods applied, as well as by whom these examinations were conducted if a commission of experts was involved; the evaluation of the examination results and reasoned answers to the questions put forward; and the circumstances relevant to the case that were identified on the expert's own initiative.

Materials illustrating the conclusion and its results shall be attached to this conclusion and serve as its integral part. Materials documenting the course, conditions and results of the study are stored in a state forensic expert institution or a non-state forensic expert organization or other enterprise, institution, organization within the time limits established by law. At the request of the court that appointed the examination, they shall be presented for attachment to the case.

The conclusion must contain a justification for refusing to answer some of the questions posed if the insufficiency of the presented objects of research, materials or special knowledge of the expert is revealed in the course of the research.

Upon completion of the study, the conclusion, the objects of the study and the materials of the case shall be sent to the court that appointed the expert examination.

The conclusion shall be examined in the court session and evaluated along with other evidence.