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ARTICLE · 06 DECEMBER 2019

Procedure Revolution Law Becomes Effective On 1 October 2019

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on 28 November 2018, the President of the Russian Federation signed Federal Law No. 451-FZ "On Amendment of Specific Legislative Acts of the Russian Federation".

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Oleg Skvortsov
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  • on 28 November 2018, the President of the Russian Federation signed Federal Law No. 451-FZ “On Amendment of Specific Legislative Acts of the Russian Federation”. The foregoing law is unofficially referred to as the “Procedure Revolution Law”, because it introduces large-scale and material changes to the three procedure codes: the Civil Procedure Code, the Arbitrazh Procedure Code and the Administrative Procedure Code;
  • the foregoing law becomes effective on the time when general jurisdiction courts of appeals and cassation courts commence their operations. By virtue of the Resolution of the Plenum of the Supreme Court of the Russian Federation dated 12 September 2019 the date when the courts in question are to commence their operations is set. It is 1 October 2019;

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