Criminal Procedure Code of the Kyrgyz Republic - Legislationline

(1) The court must ensure a public trial except in cases when this may lead to divulgence of the
state, military, commercial or other secret protected by law.
(2) Also, the closed court trial may be held based on a motivated decision of the court (resolution
of judge) on cases involving sexual and other crimes, to prevent the divulgence of
information on intimate life of persons participating in the case, or information which
humiliate their dignity, and also in cases when this is required by the interests of security of
the participants and witnesses involved in the trial, members of their families and kin
relatives.
(3) Cases shall be heard in closed trial with compliance of all rules of court proceedings.
Decision of the court (resolution of judge) on hearing a case in closed trial may be made in
respect to the entire trial, or certain part thereof.
(4) For the purposes of protection of the secret of correspondence and telegraph
communications, the personal correspondence and personal telegraph communications of
individuals may be divulged in open court session only with the consent of the persons who
participated in that correspondence or telegraph communication. Otherwise, such
correspondence and telegraph communications shall be read out and examined in a closed
trial.
(5) Those attending the opened trial may take written notes and sound recording of the hearing.
Taking pictures, movie and video shooting are allowed only with the permission of the judge
presiding over the hearing and the consent of the parties.
(6) The verdict shall be read out in publicly.
Article 255. Presiding Judge
The presiding judge conducts the hearing of the court, and takes all measures provided by this
Code to ensure equality of rights of all parties, to whom the court provides all conditions
necessary for complete and detailed examination of the circumstances of the case, while the
court remains impartial and unbiased. The presiding judge also ensures the compliance with the
schedule of the hearing, and explains to all participants of the court trial their rights and duties,
and the procedure for their implementation. Should any person participating in the trial object to
the actions of the presiding judge, these objections shall be entered into the minutes of the
hearing.
Article 256. Equal Rights of Parties in Trial
The prosecutor, defendant, defense counsel, and the victim, civil plaintiff, civil defendant, and
their representatives shall enjoy equal rights to petition removals, and submit motions, to provide
evidence and to participate in their examination, to speak in judicial pleadings, and to participate
in consideration of all issues arising in the course of the trial.
Article 257. Clerk of the Court
(1) The clerk of the court verifies appearance of all persons participating in the hearing of the
court, and performs other actions provided by this Code, at the instruction of the presiding
judge.