Review

The article is devoted to refinement of legal nature of verification (clarification) of testimonies of a place as procedural way to obtain an evidence.  The practice of applying this procedural action in investigating criminal proceedings is researched.

One of the reason for unequal interruption of p.1 art. 240 CPC is that legislator unreasonably uses term `reproduction of action, situation and circumstance` as a way of verifying statement which have importance for criminal proceed, while it`s only a prerequisites of investigative experiment.

Arguments in favor of the fact that the legislator applies the term «investigative experiment» in the sense in art. 240 CPC is completely covered by term `verification of testimonies on a place` if it`s objective through conduction researching actions.  Under term `researcher acts` propose to understand not only trials into research, but also other empirical methods experimental research- observation, measurement, compression.

Is offered to provide p.1 art.240 CPC in next version: `For the propose of verification and specification which have main meaning establishment of circumstances of criminal proceed, investigator, prosecutor has a right to conduct investigative experiment by committing the necessary researching acts, replaying in necessary accident situation and circumstance certain occasion.  The main difference of investigative experiment, which conduct on the definitely place (first of all verification or clarification of testimonies) from investigative experience in place, which have not connection with criminal offense, doesn’t concern this procedural act and mostly located in the area of ​​organizational and tactical provision of them. In this regard justifies the expediency to classify the "place to conduct experiment" to distinguish two of its following types: 1) an investigative experiment conducted on the place of a particular event; 2) an investigative experiment conducted in any other place designated by the investigator, where any event related to a criminal offense did not occur.

Key words: investigative (search) actions, verification of testimonies on a place, investigative experiment.