Tashkent, Uzbekistan (UzDaily.com) -- Government resolution approved the Model Regulations on the procedure for conducting forensic research.
This Regulation determines the procedure and conditions for conducting forensic research by state institutions of forensic examination, non-state forensic organizations, institutions (organizations) engaged in scientific activities.
According to the Regulation, a forensic expert is prohibited from conducting research on the case materials in the following cases:
- in case of kinship with interested parties based on the materials of the case;
- except for cases when the only organization conducting the research is an organization where the heads of a state forensic institution and a non-state forensic organization, heads of structural divisions and their close relatives are persons interested in the case materials;
- when one of the interested parties according to the case file is the owner, founder, member of the supervisory board, executive body, creditor, insurer and their close relatives of a non-state forensic organization;
- if there is an interest in the conclusion of a legal entity that has a share in the authorized capital (authorized capital) of a non-state forensic organization, or a forensic expert;
- when providing medical assistance to a person before the appointment of a judicial
- Examination of a living person. This restriction also applies in cases where a forensic medical or forensic psychiatric examination is carried out without a direct examination of the person;
- in the presence of other circumstances that cast doubt on the objectivity and impartiality of the forensic expert.
Based on the decision (determination) of the body (person) authorized to appoint an examination, the terms for conducting research are set within 30 days, depending on the volume and complexity of forensic examinations, as well as the amount of work of a forensic expert.