This article is devoted to the law regulation of the search as an investigative action in the criminal process of the Republic of Belarus. The author touches upon the historical aspect of this regulation, the problems of determining the concept of the investigative action. The procedural order of conducting searches in pre-trial production of Belarus is analyzed circumstantially. Particular attention is paid to the regulatory and practical problems of the search in the course of production on materials and criminal cases. In particular, it indicates argumentativeness of witnesses’ participation in the search. It is noted that the normative requirement is disputable for compulsory participation of the administration representative in the search of premises of organizations, as well as participation of materially responsible person during the search of the premises where the material values are stored. It is pointed out that it is impossible fulfill the requirements of the Criminal Procedure Code of the Republic of Belarus on packaging all objects seized during the search, especially bulky ones. Based on the results of consideration of issues in the article the ways of solving above-mentioned problems are proposed, the author’s definition of the search concept is given.
criminal process, pre-trial proceedings, investigative actions, search, witnesses
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