Code of Administrative Court Proceedings of the Russian Federation (Federal Law No. 21-FZ of March 8, 2015) (with Amendments and Additions)

Article 17. Court Jurisdiction over Administrative Cases
Article 17.1. Administrative Cases within the Jurisdiction of Justices of the Peace
Article 18. Administrative Cases That Are within the Jurisdiction of Military Courts
Article 19. Administrative Cases That Are within the Jurisdiction of a District Court
Article 20. Administrative Cases That Are within the Jurisdiction of the Supreme Court of a Republic, Territorial or Regional Court, Court of a City of Federal Importance, Court of an Autonomous Region and Court of an Autonomous Area
Article 21. Administrative Cases Within the Jurisdiction of the Supreme Court of the Russian Federation
Article 22. Filing an Administrative Statement of Claim at the Place of Residence or Address of an Administrative Defendant
Article 23. Exclusive Competence
Article 24. Competence at the Choice of Administrative Plaintiff
Article 25. Competence Rules for Administrative Cases with the Participation of Foreign Persons
Article 26. Jurisdiction over Several Interconnected Administrative Cases
Article 27. Transfer of Administrative Case Accepted by a Court to Another Court

Chapter 3. Court Composition. Challenges

Chapter 4. Persons Participating in the Case and Other Participants of Court Proceedings

Chapter 5. Representation in Court

Chapter 6. Proof and Proving

Chapter 7. Measures of Preliminary Protection in Respect of an Administrative Case

Chapter 8. Procedural Time Limits

Chapter 9. Judicial Notices and Summons

Chapter 10. Court Costs

Section II Procedural Coercion Measures

Chapter 11. Procedural Coercion Measures

Section III General Rules for Proceedings in Court of the First Instance

Chapter 11.1. Proceedings in Respect of Administrative Cases on Issuance of a Court Order

Chapter 12. Presenting an Administrative Statement of Claim

Chapter 13. Preparing an Administrative Case for Court Proceedings

Chapter 14. Court Proceedings

Chapter 15. Court Decision

Chapter 16. Suspending Proceedings on an Administrative Case

Chapter 17. Termination of Proceedings in an Administrative Case

Chapter 18. Shelving an Administrative Statement of Claim

Chapter 19. Court Ruling

Chapter 20. Records

Section IV Specifics of Proceedings in Respect of Individual Categories of Administrative Cases

Chapter 21. Proceedings in Respect of Administrative Cases on Disputing Regulatory Legal Acts, as Well as Acts Containing Explanations of the Legislation and Having Regulatory Features

Chapter 22. Proceedings in Administrative Cases on Disputing Decisions or Actions (Omissions) of State Power Bodies, Local Authorities, Other Bodies and Organisations Vested with Individual State or Other Public Powers, of Officials, State or Municipal Civil Servants

Chapter 23. Proceedings in Respect of Administrative Cases Tried by the Disciplinary Division of the Supreme Court of the Russian Federation

Chapter 24. Proceedings in Administrative Cases on Protection of Electoral Rights and of the Right to Participate in a Referendum of Citizens of the Russian Federation

Chapter 25. Proceedings in Administrative Cases on Disputing the Results of Assessing Cadastral Value

Chapter 26. Proceedings in Administrative Cases on Awarding Compensation for Violating the Right to Court Proceedings within a Reasonable Time or the Right to Execution of a Judicial Act within a Reasonable Time

Chapter 27. Proceedings in Administrative Cases on Suspension of Activities or Liquidation of a Political Party, Its Regional Branch or Other Structural Unit Thereof, Other Public Association, Religious or Other Non-Profit Organisation or on Prohibition of Activities of a Public Association or Religious Organisation Not Being Legal Entities or on Termination of Mass Media Activities, or on Restriction of Access to an Audiovisual Service

Chapter 27.1. Proceedings in Respect of Administrative Cases on Declaring Information Posted on Information-Telecommunication Networks, Including the Internet, as the Information the Dissemination of Which in the Russian Federation Is Prohibited

Chapter 27.2. Proceedings in Respect of Administrative Cases on Declaring Information Materials as Extremist

Chapter 28. Proceedings in Administrative Cases on Placing a Foreign Citizen Who Is Subject to Deportation or Readmission to a Special Institution or on Extending the Term of Stay of a Foreign Citizen Who Is Subject to Deportation or Readmission in a Special Institution

Chapter 29. Proceedings in Administrative Cases on Administrative Supervision over Persons Released from Places of Confinement

Chapter 30. Proceedings in Administrative Cases on Hospitalising a Citizen in an In-Patient Medical Organisation Engaged in Rendering Psychiatric Aid in an Involuntary Procedure, on Extending the Term of Keeping a Citizen in Hospital in an Involuntary Procedure or on Citizen's Involuntary Psychiatric Examination

Chapter 31. Proceedings in an Administrative Case on Hospitalising a Citizen into a Medical Antituberculosis Organisation in an Involuntary Procedure

Chapter 31.1. Proceedings in Respect of Administrative Cases on the Protection of the Interests of a Minor or of a Person Declared Legally Incapable in the Established Procedure, if a Legal Representative Thereof Rejects the Medical intervention Which Is Necessary for Life-Saving

Chapter 32. Proceedings in Administrative Cases on Exaction of Mandatory Payments and Sanctions

Section V Simplified (Written) Proceedings in Administrative Cases

Chapter 33. Trying Administrative Cases in Simplified (Written) Proceedings

Section VI Proceedings in a Court of Appellate Instance

Chapter 34. Proceedings in a Court of the Appellate Instance

Section VII Review of Effective Judicial Decisions

Chapter 35. Proceedings in a Court of the Cassational Instance

Chapter 36. Proceedings in a Court of the Supervisory Instance

Chapter 37. Proceedings for Review of Effective Judicial Acts in View of New or Newly Discovered Facts

Section VIII Procedural Issues Connected with Execution of Judicial Acts on Administrative Cases to Be Resolved by Courts

Chapter 38. Procedural Issues Connected with Execution of Judicial Acts on Administrative Cases to Be Resolved by Courts

Section IX Final Provisions

Article 365. Procedure for Putting This Code into Effect

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Code of Administrative Court Proceedings of the Russian Federation (Federal Law No. 21-FZ of March 8, 2015) (with Amendments and Additions)

Section I General Provisions

Chapter 1. Basic Provisions

Article 1. Scope of This Code

Article 2. Legislation on Administrative Court Proceedings

Article 3. Tasks of Administrative Court Proceedings

Article 4. Right to File an Administrative Statement of Claim with a Court

Article 5. Administrative Procedural Capacity and Administrative Procedural Ability, Administrative Procedural Legal Personality

Article 6. Principles of Administrative Court Proceedings

Article 7. Independence of Judges

Article 8. Everyone's Equality before Law and Court

Article 9. Lawfulness and Fairness When Trying and Resolving Administrative Cases

Article 10. Reasonable Time for Administrative Court Proceedings and Reasonable Time for Execution of Judicial Acts in respect of Administrative Cases

Article 11. Publicity and Openness of Court Proceedings

Article 12. Language of Administrative Court Proceedings

Article 13. Directness of Court Proceedings

Article 14. Adversarial Character and Equality of Parties

Article 15. Normative Legal Acts to Be Applied in Resolving Administrative Cases

Article 16. Obligatory Nature of Judicial Acts

Article 16.1. The Transfer to Trying a Case According to the Rules for Civil Court Proceedings

Chapter 2. Court Jurisdiction and Amenability of Administrative Cases

Article 17. Court Jurisdiction over Administrative Cases

Article 17.1. Administrative Cases within the Jurisdiction of Justices of the Peace

Article 18. Administrative Cases That Are within the Jurisdiction of Military Courts

Article 19. Administrative Cases That Are within the Jurisdiction of a District Court

Article 20. Administrative Cases That Are within the Jurisdiction of the Supreme Court of a Republic, Territorial or Regional Court, Court of a City of Federal Importance, Court of an Autonomous Region and Court of an Autonomous Area

Article 21. Administrative Cases Within the Jurisdiction of the Supreme Court of the Russian Federation

Article 22. Filing an Administrative Statement of Claim at the Place of Residence or Address of an Administrative Defendant

Article 23. Exclusive Competence

Article 24. Competence at the Choice of Administrative Plaintiff

Article 25. Competence Rules for Administrative Cases with the Participation of Foreign Persons

Article 26. Jurisdiction over Several Interconnected Administrative Cases

Article 27. Transfer of Administrative Case Accepted by a Court to Another Court

Chapter 3. Court Composition. Challenges

Article 28. Forming the Composition of a Court

Article 29. Trying Administrative Cases by Single Judge or on a Collective Basis

Article 30. Procedure for Resolving Issues by Court When Administrative Cases Are Tried on a Collective Basis. Judge's Dissenting Opinion

Article 31. Challenging Judge

Article 32. Inadmissibility of Repeated Participation of a Judge in Trying an Administrative Case

Article 33. Challenging a Prosecutor, Assistant Judge, Court Clerk, Expert, Specialist or Interpreter

Article 34. An Application for Withdrawal and for Disqualification

Article 35. Procedure for Resolving an Application for Withdrawal or Disqualification

Article 36. Effects of Allowing an Application for Withdrawal or Disqualification

Chapter 4. Persons Participating in the Case and Other Participants of Court Proceedings

Article 37. Persons Participating in the Case

Article 38. The Parties

Article 39. Prosecutor's Participation in Administrative Case

Article 40. Applying to Court for Protection of the Rights, Freedoms and Legitimate Interests of Other Persons or of an Indefinite Circle of Persons

Article 41. Participation of Several Administrative Plaintiffs or Several Administrative Defendants in an Administrative Case

Article 42. Filing Collective Administrative Statement of Claim by Group of Persons with a Court

Article 43. Replacement of Improper Administrative Defendant

Article 44. Procedural Legal Succession

Article 45. Rights and Duties of Persons Participating in the Case

Article 46. Changing the Grounds or Subject of an Administrative Claim, Abandoning an Administrative Claim, Acknowledging an Administrative Claim, Amicable Agreement by the Parties

Article 47. Persons Concerned

Article 48. Other Participants of Court Proceedings

Article 49. Expert

Article 50. Specialist

Article 51. Witness

Article 52. Interpreter

Article 52.1. Assistant Judge

Article 53. Court Clerk

Chapter 5. Representation in Court

Article 54. Pleading Administrative Cases in Court Through Representatives

Article 55. Requirements for Persons Who May Act as Representatives in Court

Article 56. Representative's Scope of Authority

Article 57. Legalising and Proving Representative's Authority

Article 58. Verifying the Authority of Case Participants and of Their Representatives

Chapter 6. Proof and Proving

Article 59. Proof

Article 60. Relevance of Proof

Article 61. Admissibility of Proof

Article 62. Duty of Proving

Article 63. Calling for Proof

Article 64. Grounds for Release from Proving Circumstances

Article 65. Release from Proving the Circumstances Recognised by the Parties

Article 66. Court Orders

Article 67. Procedure for Executing a Court Order

Article 68. Explanations of the Persons Participating in the Case

Article 69. Witness Testimony