The scope of cases in which search or seizure can be carried out without a court order is being expanded.
Modern.az reports that the issue is reflected in the amendment to the Criminal Procedure Code discussed at today's plenary session of the Milli Majlis.
According to the project, in urgent cases, if the investigator has precise information giving reason to believe that an ICT system, its parts, data carriers storing electronic data, or electronic data, which indicate the commission of a crime against a person or state authority or preparation for such a crime, are being concealed or destroyed, a search or seizure will be carried out without a court order.
Generally, when the obtained evidence or materials from operational-investigative activities provide sufficient grounds to assume the presence of information that may be of evidentiary value for the case in any ICT system, its parts, data carriers storing electronic data, or electronic data, a search may be conducted in that system, its parts, data carriers storing electronic data, and electronic data carriers, and the ICT system, its parts, data carriers storing electronic data, or electronic data may be seized, and a specialist will participate in the seizure of these means.
The issue was unanimously adopted in the first reading.
