36.2. The results of a personal search or inspection of belongings must be officially recorded:
UAРезультати особистого огляду або огляду речей офіційно повинні бути зафіксовані:
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This exam question from the driver training course concerns not so much the rules of the road as the legal procedures during interactions with the police on the road. For the safety and protection of the driver's rights, it is important to understand that any procedural actions (in particular, an inspection) must be documented officially, not "verbally." Such knowledge helps to act correctly during a stop, record the circumstances, and, if necessary, appeal violations.
Although the Traffic Rules of Ukraine do not have a section regulating personal inspection or inspection of belongings, the theoretical exam tests a related topic from the basics of administrative law. The guideline is Article 264 of the Code of Ukraine on Administrative Offenses, which directly provides for two permissible ways to record the results: either a separate inspection protocol is drawn up, or an appropriate entry is made in the protocol on an administrative offense or in the protocol on administrative detention. That is why the options that separately mention the protocol and the entry in the protocol are correct in content, but the fully correct answer for the "single choice" format should cover both methods at the same time.
Practically, this means: if an inspection is conducted during the preparation of materials or detention, the driver has the right to expect documentary reflection of the fact of inspection, the grounds, and the result in one of the prescribed documents. Understanding this provision is important for the theoretical exam and for real situations on the road, as proper documentation of procedural actions is the key to legality and further protection of rights.
Article 264 of the Code of Ukraine on Administrative Offenses (Personal inspection, inspection of belongings)
“A protocol is drawn up on the personal inspection or inspection of belongings, or a corresponding entry is made in the protocol on an administrative offense or in the protocol on administrative detention.”
That is, the correct answer is "It is done as indicated in answers 1 or 2," given that Article 264 of the Code of Ukraine on Administrative Offenses explicitly provides alternative methods for the official documentation of the results of a personal inspection/inspection of belongings: by a separate protocol or by an entry in the relevant protocol.
During a stop or while processing documents, an inspector may conduct a personal search or a search of belongings. Such actions are procedural, so their result cannot remain “verbal” and must be documented to make it clear what exactly was done, on what grounds, and what result was obtained.
Article 264 of the Code of Ukraine on Administrative Offenses (CUoAO) directly requires official documentation: either a separate protocol on the personal search (search of belongings) is drawn up, or an appropriate entry is made in the protocol that is already being prepared in the case. Most often, this is a protocol on an administrative offense or a protocol on administrative detention if the search is conducted within the framework of detention.
For example, if during the processing of an offense your belongings were searched and nothing was seized, the inspector may not prepare a separate document but indicate the fact and result of the search in the protocol on the administrative offense. If the situation is related to detention, information about the search and its result may be entered in the protocol on administrative detention. In both cases, the essence is the same: there must be a protocol or an official entry in the relevant protocol.
Therefore, the correct answer is "It is done as indicated in answers 1 or 2," since according to Article 264 of the CUoAO, the results of the search are documented either by a separate protocol or by an entry in the protocol on an administrative offense or administrative detention.