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Chapter One. General provisions
Chapter Two. Court and jurisdiction
Chapter Three. Prosecutor
Chapter Five. Proof
Chapter Six. Security measures
Chapter Seven. Minutes and other means of recording
Chapter Nine. Participants in the proceedings, their rights and obligations
Chapter Ten. Initiation of Criminal Proceedings
Chapter Twelve. General regulations of pre-trial investigation
Chapter Thirteen. Prosecution and interrogation of an accused
Chapter Fifteen. Confrontation and presentation for recognition
Chapter Nineteen. Suspension and termination of pre-trial investigation
Chapter Twenty-two. Transfer of the accused to court and preparatory actions for the hearing
Chapter Twenty-three. General rules of procedure
Chapter Thirty-four. Preparatory part of the hearing
Chapter Twenty-five. Court investigation
Chapter Twenty-six. Court deliberations and the defendant's last word
Chapter Twenty-seven. Delivery of a judgement
Chapter Thirty. Enforcement of the judgment
Chapter Thirty-one. Proceedings before the supervisory authority
Chapter Thirty-three. Proceedings for the application of coercive measures of a medical nature
Chapter Thirty-four. Summary proceedings
Chapter Thirty-six. Review of a judgment under appeal procedure
Chapter Thirty-seven. Review of a judgment under cassation procedure

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