PART TWO CRIMINAL PROCEEDINGS
CHAPTER IX INITIATION OF INVESTIGATIONS AND CRIMINAL PROCEEDINGS
SUB–CHAPTER II INITIAL STEPS BY THE POLICE
Article 72
Collection of Evidence from Crime Scene
1. The police shall carefully collect evidence found at the scene of a suspected criminal offense
and shall preserve it in the appropriate manner that permits the evidence to be tested by the
competent laboratory.
2. For potential evidence subject to forensic testing which would be taken from an individual’s
body, excluding fingerprints, the police must either have the written consent of the individual
for the evidence to be taken or a court order under Article 141, 142 or 143 of this Code that
authorizes the evidence to be taken.

PART TWO CRIMINAL PROCEEDINGS
CHAPTER IX INITIATION OF INVESTIGATIONS AND CRIMINAL PROCEEDINGS
SUB – CHAPTER IV INITIATION OF CRIMINAL PROCEEDINGS
C. TAKING PRE-INDICTMENT EVIDENCE
Article 115
Taking of Evidence during Investigations
1. Once an investigation has been initiated, the state prosecutor shall interview and take pretrial
testimony from witnesses, authorize the taking of expert testimony and reports, and shall collect
other evidence as authorized by law.
2.If, during the investigation, a suspect or defendant cooperates with the state prosecutor, the
state prosecutor may initiate a new investigation or expand the existing investigation based
upon that cooperation.
3.During the investigation, the state prosecutor may order or request measures under Article 86
of this Code, which shall be applied mutatis mutandis.
4.During the investigation, the defendant or defense counsel may request the state prosecutor
to take or preserve evidence that may or could be reasonably expected to be exculpatory.
5. During the investigation, the injured party may request the state prosecutor to take or preserve
evidence that may or could be reasonably expected to demonstrate the harm caused by the
criminal offense, the pain and suffering by the victim, or other costs associated with the criminal
offense.