The article discusses the issue of rules for calculating time limit for filing measures of appeal (appeal, cassation or interlocutory appeal) by a representative (defence counsel or attorney) in criminal proceedings. Analysis of views of the legal doctrine and of case law inclined the author to the thesis, that in criminal proceedings rule is applied of a uniform calculation of time limit for filing measures of appeal, starting from the date of service of the judgment (order or instruction) with its reasons to the parties or its representatives.