CRIMINAL PROCEDURE CODE OF THE REPUBLIC OF ALBANIA   |   7905

Article 223: Actions of interception

1The interception actions may be performed only through equipment installed in designed locations, authorised and controlled by the prosecutor. The interception and the transcript minutes shall be done by the judicial police officers, under the direction and supervision of the prosecutor of the case.

2Intercepted communications shall be recorded and minutes shall be kept for all actions carried out. The minutes shall include transcription of the contents of intercepted communications.

3The minutes and the recordings shall be immediately handed over to the prosecutor and within five days of the conclusion of the actions, they shall be submitted to the secretary alongside with the rulings which have ordered, authorised, validated and extended the interception. When such submission may impair the investigations, the court shall authorise the prosecutor to postpone the submission until the conclusion of the preliminary investigations.

4Defence lawyers or representatives of the parties shall immediately be informed on the submission with the secretary and on their right to examine the documents and to listen to the recordings. The court, after hearing the prosecutor and the defence lawyers, shall decide to remove the recording and minutes, whose use is prohibited.

5The court shall order the full transcription of the recordings that need to be obtained. Such transcriptions shall be inserted in the judicial file. Defence lawyers can make copies of the transcriptions.

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