Criminal Procedure Code of the Kyrgyz Republic - Legislationline

Article 147. Collection of Procedural Costs
(1) Procedural costs shall be collected from the convicted or paid at the expense of the state.
(2) The court shall be authorized to collect procedural costs from the convicted except for the
amounts paid to the interpreter as well as to the defense attorney in the case stipulated by
item 5 of this Article. Procedural costs may be imposed on the convicted released from
punishment as well as on the convicted without a punishment.
(3) Procedural costs, connected with interpreter’s participation in proceedings shall be paid at the
expense of the state. If the interpreter executed his official duties, he shall be paid by the state
through the organization where he works.
(4) If the suspect or accused waived their right to defense attorney but the waive was not
accepted and the defense attorney participated in proceedings upon assignment, the payment
to the defense attorney aid shall be made at the expense of the state.
(5) In case the accused was found non-guilty or in case of the dismissal of a case in accordance
with subitems 1 and 2 item 1 of Article 28 and subitem 2 item 1 Article 225 and 316 of this
Code procedural costs shall be paid at the expense of the state. If the accused was found nonguilty
only in part the court shall oblige him to cover procedural expenses connected with the
charge upon which, he was found guilty.
(6) Procedural expenses shall be paid at the expense of the state in case of the bankruptcy of the
person on whom they have to be imposed.
(7) When several accused were found guilty in a case, the court shall determine what amount of
procedural expenses shall be imposed on each of them. The court shall take into account the
nature of the fault, the level of responsibility for the crime, and property situation of the
accused.
(8) In cases connected with crimes committed by juveniles the court may impose procedural
costs on parents of the juvenile or on persons replacing them.
(9) When the accused is found not guilty in a personal charge, the court shall be authorized to
impose procedural costs completely or partially on the person who initiated the criminal
proceedings. When a case is dismissed because of reconciliation of the parties, procedural
costs shall be imposed on one or both parties.
SECTION 18. JOINING AND APPORTIONMENT OF CRIMINAL CASES
Article 148. Joining of Criminal Cases
(1) In one proceedings there may be joined cases on charging several persons in committing one
or several crimes, cases on charging on person in committing several crimes, as well as cases
on charging for concealment the same crimes not promised in advance.
(2) Joining of cases shall be made upon a resolution of the investigator, judge as well as a ruling
of the court in whose jurisdiction one of the cases is.
(3) The time limit of proceedings for a case in which several cases are joined shall be calculated
starting from the day of initiation of proceedings of a case that timely was initiated first.
(As edited by the Law of KR dated 8 August 2004 #111)
Article 149. Apportionment of criminal cases