Arguments and procedural order of copying electronic information in criminal proceedings
The article concentrates on the procedural arrangements for copying electronic information on criminal cases. Today this cognitive method can be used during a search, seizure or inspection, and it deserves to be recognized as an independent investigative action. Unfortunately, the current criminal procedure legislation does not meet the requirements for the development of modern telecommunication relations. This fully applies to the copying of electronic information. To overcome this gap, it’s proposed to include in the Criminal Procedure Law the Article 186.2, which reflects the main aspects of this issue. Copying of electronic information is a sequence of performed operations - structural elements of the general system of the cognitive technique. For their successful implementation an investigator must know the whole algorithm of carrying out this procedural action. When copying information, conditions excluding the possibility of its loss or change should be provided.