Keyword: «digital evidence»

Nowadays permanent changes associated with usage of information technology in all spheres of life require a lawmaker to pay attention to these changes promptly. The article presents different opinions of procedural scientists concerning the consolidation of digital evidence as an independent form in the Code of Criminal Procedure of the Russian Federation. There was the analysis of the criminal procedure codes of such foreign countries as: the Republic of Austria, the Swiss Confederation, People’s Republic of China, and the Socialist Republic of Vietnam. The author pointed out the positive aspects of the usage of digital evidence as well as the problems with the use.