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GB/T 37234-2018General specification for forensic document examination (English PDF)

文件鉴定通用规范

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Issued by

SAMR; SAC

Level / Type

National · Recommended

Issue date

December 28, 2018

Implementation date

April 1, 2019

Scope

GB/T 37234-2018 is the English-translated version of 文件鉴定通用规范.

GB/T 37234-2018 sets out the general rules for forensic document examination in China.

It defines the basic terms, such as forensic examination, forensic expert, forensic institution, physical evidence and documentary evidence, and describes the whole examination process: the acceptance of a case, the checking of the submitted materials, the inspection and identification procedures, the handling and flow of the materials, the reporting of results and the methods used to confirm them.

It applies to all document examination items in the forensic science field. It works alongside the specific technical specifications GB/T 37231 to GB/T 37239, which cover seal impressions, printed documents, the time a document was made, document materials, special documents, altered documents and handwriting.

Forensic institutions and examiners use it. It was issued on 28 December 2018 and has applied since 1 April 2019.

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Document preview — GB/T 37234-2018

National Standard of the People's Republic of China

ICS: 13.310
Classification: A 92

Issued by: State Administration for Market Regulation; Standardization Administration of the PRC

Foreword
1 Scope
2 Normative references
3 Terms and Definitions
4 Identification process
5 Identification of the submitted materials
6 Inspection and identification procedures
7 Flow of the submitted materials
8 Results Reporting Procedure
9 Confirmation method
Reference

Foreword

This standard was drafted in accordance with the rules given in GB/T 1.1-2009.

1 Scope

This standard specifies the general terms and definitions of document identification, the acceptance procedures, the identification of the materials to be inspected, the inspection and identification procedures, and the inspection materials. Material flow program, result reporting procedure and verification method.

This standard applies to all identification items involved in document identification in the field of forensic/court science.

2 Normative references

The following documents are indispensable for the application of this document. For dated references, only dated versions apply to this document. For undated references, the latest edition (including all amendments) applies to this document.

GB/T 12200.1 Chinese Information Processing Vocabulary 01 Part. Basic Terminology

GB/T 12200.2 Chinese Information Processing Vocabulary 02. Chinese and Chinese characters

GB/T 37231-2018 Seal printed identification technical specification

GB/T 37232-2018 Technical Specifications for the Identification of Printed Documents

GB/T 37233-2018 document production time identification technical specification

GB/T 37235-2018 document material identification technical specification

GB/T 37236-2018 Special document identification technical specification

GB/T 37238-2018 tampering (deface) document identification technical specification

GB/T 37239-2018 handwriting identification technical specification

3 Terms and definitions

The following terms and definitions as defined in GB/T 12200.1, GB/T 12200.2 apply to this document.

3.1 Identification

An activity in which a person with specialized knowledge in a litigation activity identifies and judges the specialized issues involved and provides professional advice.

3.2 Appraiser

Personnel who have obtained relevant practice certificates and are engaged in the appraisal of forensic/forensic science.

3.3 Identification agency

An organization that has obtained relevant accreditation qualifications and is engaged in the forensic/forensic science field identification business.

3.4 Physical evidence

According to the law, all the circumstances of the incident are proved by the shape characteristics of the object, the material image or the reflected image of the object and the information contained therein. Substances, objects and traces.

3.5 Documentary evidence

Collected by law, using words, symbols, figures, patterns, etc. to express people's thoughts and behaviors or to transmit certain information, the content of which is the case […]

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