PROTOKOL (az yunoni protokollon — varaqi avval), 1) hujjate, ki dar on baromadi ishtirokkunandagoni majlisu jamomad va qarori onho darj megardad; 2) dar SSSR hujjati rasmi, ki dar on kirdorhoi mamuri, raft va natijai amaliyoti murofiavi dar vaqti taftishi kori jinoyati, raft ba mazmuni murofiai sud qayd karda meshavad.
Protokoli mamuri az tarafi shakhsoni vakolatdor (masalan, korkunoni militsiya, inspektorhoi sanitari va gayra) yo namoyandagoni jamiyati (nazoratchiyoni jamiyati) tartib doda meshavad. Dar Protokol malumot doir ba shakhsiyati aybdor, khususiyat, joy, vaqti ruydodi huquqvayronkuni va shohidon darj gashta, shakhsi gunohi mamuri sodirkarda, shohidon, jabrdidagon, tartibdihandai Protokol ba on imzo mekunand.
Protokoli amaliyoti taftishi az tarafi mufattish yo shakhse, ki taftishi peshaki mebarad, tartib doda meshavad. Dar in guna Protokol joy, vaqt, az tarafi ki, dar kujo, bo ishtiroki ki guzaronida shudani amaliyoti taftishi (masalan, pursish, koftukov, rubarukuni) qayd megardad. Protokolro hamai ishtirokchiyoni amaliyoti taftishi khonda imzo meguzorand.
Protokoli majlisi sud az tarafi kotibi majlisi sud navishta, tavassuti raisikunanda va kotibi majlisi sud imzo meshavad. Dar Protokoli majlisi sud joy va sanai majlis, vaqti sarshaviyu baokhirrasi va hayati sud, kotib, tarjumon, aybdorkunanda, himoyakunanda, sudshavanda, jabrdida davogari grajdani va gayra nishon doda meshavad. Rafti pursishro dar murofiai sud ba lentai ovoz navishta, fonogrammaro ba Protokoli majlisi sud ilova kardan mumkin ast. Protokoli majlisi sud boyad badi tamom shudani majlisi sud az 3 ruz der namonda tayyor va imzo karda shavad; 3) hujjate, ki az tarafi shakhsi mansabdor dar asosi dalelhoi muayyanshudai taftish tartib doda meshavad; 4) hujjati qarori Konferensiyai baynalkhalqi, ki ba hukmi shartnomai baynalkhalqi medaroyad.
5) Protokoli diplomati, majmui qoidahoi az tarafi umum qabulshuda, anana va rasmu taomule, ki hukumatho, idorahoi korhoi khoriji, namoyandagivu korkunoni diplomati va digarshakhsoni rasmi dar munosibathoi baynalkhalqi rioya mekunand. Protokol tartibi taftish, mukotibai diplomati, guzaronidani majlishoi qabuli diplomatiro muayyan namuda, tarzi dar mamlakat paziruftani sardori davlat va hukumati khoriji, digarkhodimoni davlati va hayati vakilonro muqarrar mekunad.