RA Ministry of Justice proposes written procedure for appeals  consideration 

ArmInfo.  The Ministry of Justice of Armenia proposes to enshrine the general legislative presumption of consideration of appeals in written proceedings. It also establishes  a maximum period for consideration of appeals. The draft law on  amendments and additions to the Criminal Procedure Code of the  Republic of Armenia was approved by the Cabinet of Ministers on June  12.

As the Minister of Justice noted, written proceedings in Criminal  Procedure are not new. Today, there are already certain proceedings  that are considered in writing. The current draft refers to these as  appellate proceedings in full, with the exception of a number of  cases.

Thus, if, upon the petition of the parties or on their own  initiative, the court comes to the conclusion that the appeal should  be made orally, or when the Court of Appeal satisfies the party's  petition to present new evidence or study it.

The draft also proposes to consider appeals within a 6-month period  with the legislative possibility of extending this period by a  reasoned court decision for up to 4 months.

<The adoption of the bill will reduce the burden on the courts due to  the written procedure for considering appeals, ensure reasonable,  shortened timeframes for considering cases, and from the point of  view of ensuring proper notification of judicial decisions - a real  and objective possibility of fulfilling the requirement to send the  court decision to the parties within the timeframes established by  the Code>, the Ministry of Justice believes.