Criminal and procedural form of activity of inquiry bodies

The article is devoted to the examination and understanding of the implementation of the criminal-procedural form in the activity of the inquiry bodies. Based on the understanding of the criminal and procedural form as a necessary attribute of the participation of inquiry bodies in criminal proceedings, which is referred to the procedure for implementing state-authority powers of a jurisdictional nature established by law, a conclusion is formulated about the predetermination of its existence by the need for effective legal guarantees of the acceptability and productivity of the actions taken, the decisions made, as well as by the legal high quality of their results. At the same time, the most important characteristics of the criminal and procedural forms of the activity of inquiry bodies such as unity, universality and obligation are analyzed. The author’s definition of the criminal and procedural form of the activity of inquiry bodies is proposed.