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Studies of the proceedings being in the process of examination and examined in the pre-trial bodies have shown that the damages caused to the state or the community are restored to the joint accounts of the RA Investigative Committee, the former special investigative service, the Prosecutor's Office, the restoration of damage caused to the state, and the State Revenue Committee (SRC). In some cases, the damage caused is restored to the account of the organization to which the damage was caused by the crime, and often the damage caused by the criminal case investigated in one pre-trial body is restored to the deposit account of another pre-trial body. The RA Deputy Minister of Justice Ara Mkrtchyan said this while presenting the draft law on Making Amendments and Addenda to the Code of Criminal Procedure of the Republic of Armenia in the first reading at the sitting of the NA Standing Committee on State and Legal Affairs on March 6.

According to the Deputy Minister, there are several cases when these amounts are paid to the deposit accounts of the courts in criminal cases that are in the stage of preliminary investigation.

Such payments to different accounts complicate the work of the authorized body of the Government, and in some cases even cause confusion. In order to eliminate this, the draft proposes regulations. The draft proposes to provide an authorizing norm for the RA Government.

In her related report, Lilit Minasyan positively evaluated the proposed draft, urging her colleagues to vote for it.

The Committee endorsed the draft. It is planned to be included in the draft agenda of the upcoming NA regular sittings.