Criminal Procedure Code of the Kyrgyz Republic - Legislationline

The court of cassational jurisdiction shall examine the legality, validity and the justice of the
verdict and other court ruing according to cassational complaints.
Article 373-4. Terms for Considering the Criminal Case by the Court of Cassational
Jurisdicton
The considering of the criminal case by the court of cassational jurisdiction shall be started no
later than one month since the day it was received by the court of cassational jurisdiction.
Article 373-5. Order of Considering Cases by the Court of Cassational Jurisdiction
(1) When the case with the cassational complaint or petition is received by the court, the
chairman of the court or his deputy shall appoint the composition, determine the presiding
judge and reporting judge, to whom he passes the case along with the complaint or petition
and other materials. The reporting judge after studying the case, complaint or petition, shall
render a resolution on setting the court hearing, where he shall indicate the time, place of
court session, persons, who are subject to summoning to the hearing
(2) The court of cassational jurisdiction shall inform the parties about the day of examination of
the case. The default of the parties shall not be an obstacle for case examination. The
question on participation of the convicted (defendant), who is detained, shall be considered
by the court of cassational jurisdiction.
(3) Criminal cases shall be examined by the court of cassational jurisdiction in compositions
provided by Article 31 hereof.
(4) The presiding judge shall open the court session and announce which case is the subject to
examination at the time appointed earlier.
(5) The clerk of the court shall announce the list of notified trial participants and reports who
from mentioned persons is present and the reasons of default of others. Presiding judge
questions about the opinions of trial participants about the possibility to conduct a trial. The
court on the place – in the court room or moving to conference room shall render a ruling on
continuation of the trial or on its postponement. The ruling shall be announced by the
presiding judge and it shall be entered in the minutes of the court session.
(6) The presiding judge shall announce the composition of the court, last names of the clerk of
the court, prosecutor, translator and shall question present persons of the case on the petitions
for challenges. The challenge petitions are considered by the court in compliance with Article
73 hereof in the conference room with rendering a ruling as a separate document.
(7) The presiding judge questions the present persons of the case if they have any petitions.
According to the submitted petitions the court shall render a ruling, which shall be entered in
the minutes of the court session.
(8) The reporting judge states the merits of case, main case arguments, petitions, their objections,
announces the additional materials. Judges shall be authorized to question the reporting
judge.
(9) The court hears the statement of the party, which submitted the complaint or petition, then
the statement of the other party. Judges shall be authorized to question the parties.
(10) After the parties finish their statements, the judges shall move to the conference room.
(11) The decision of the court of cassational jurisdiction shall be made in the conference room
by open voting. The judge shall not be authorized to abstain or from voting or not participate