LAW OF THE REPUBLIC OF ARMENIA

of April 29, 2003 No. ZR-529

About enforcement of the Criminal code of the Republic of Armenia

Accepted by National Assembly of the Republic of Armenia on April 18, 2003

Article 1. Since August 1, 2003 to enact the Criminal code of the Republic of Armenia accepted on April 18, 2003, except for provisions for which other terms and procedure for enforcement are established by this Law.

Article 2. Since August 1, 2003 to recognize invalid the Criminal code of the Republic of Armenia and the Law of the Republic of Armenia "About approval of the Criminal code of the Republic of Armenia", accepted on March 7, 1961.

Other laws and regulatory legal acts existing in the territory of the Republic of Armenia are subject to reduction in compliance with the Criminal code of the Republic of Armenia accepted on April 18, 2003.

Article 3. Since August 1, 2003 to exempt from the primary or additional punishment of persons condemned till August 1, 2003 under the Criminal code of the Republic of Armenia accepted on March 7 1961, for acts which under the Criminal code of the Republic of Armenia accepted on April 18, 2003 are not recognized crimes.

To bring the punishment measures applied to persons condemned according to the Criminal code of the Republic of Armenia accepted on March 7, 1961, and which did not serve sentences into accord with the Criminal code of the Republic of Armenia accepted on April 18, 2003 in cases when the penalty imposed to the convict is more strict, than the maximum penalty prescribed by the relevant article of the Criminal code of the Republic of Armenia accepted on April 18, 2003.

If the Criminal code of the Republic of Armenia accepted on April 18, 2003 otherwise improves provision of persons who committed crime including the persons serving sentence or who served sentence, but having criminal record, sentences of courts and court resolutions about application of other measures of criminal law action are subject to revision by the court which pronounced sentence, or court in the place of serving condemned punishments.

Release from punishment, mitigation of punishment, improvement of the situation of persons who committed crime in the cases provided by parts one, the second and third this Article are performed according to the procedure, provided by Articles 437 and 438 of the Code of penal procedure of the Republic of Armenia.

Recognize not having criminal records of persons exempted from punishment according to parts one and third this Article and also the persons who earlier served sentence or exempted conditionally ahead of schedule if they were condemned for such acts which under the Criminal code of the Republic of Armenia accepted on April 18, 2003 are not recognized crimes.

Since August 1, 2003 to stop the criminal cases which are in production of courts, bodies of pretrial investigation and inquiry and criminal prosecution on those acts which under the Criminal code of the Republic of Armenia accepted on April 18, 2003 are not recognized crimes, and also those criminal cases on which prescriptive limits of the criminal prosecution, stipulated in Clause 75 Criminal codes of the Republic of Armenia accepted on April 18, 2003 expired.

Appendix to the Criminal code of the Republic of Armenia accepted on March 7, 1961 "The list of the objects necessary for the convict and persons who are in its dependence, not subject to confiscation according to the court verdict" is applied before approval of the new list provided by the criminal and executive legislation of the Republic of Armenia according to article 55 of the Criminal code of the Republic of Armenia accepted on April 18, 2003.

Consider not having criminal record of persons condemned from April 26, 2002 to July 1, 2004 for making of acts, stipulated in Article 75 Criminal codes of the Republic of Armenia of March 7, 1961 or article 327 of the Criminal code of the Republic of Armenia of April 18, 2003 based on religious beliefs or views. The restrictions provided by part 8 of article 84 of the Criminal code of the Republic of Armenia or, depending on criminal record, other law or the legal act are not applicable to these persons.

Consider not having criminal records of persons condemned after July 1, 2004 for the acts based on religious beliefs or views provided by Articles 327, 327.1, 327.2, 327.3 and 327.4 of the Criminal code of the Republic of Armenia if their criminal record was removed or extinguished according to the procedure, stipulated in Clause 84 Criminal codes of the Republic of Armenia. The restrictions provided by part 8 of article 84 of the Criminal code of the Republic of Armenia or, depending on criminal record, other law or the legal act are not applicable to these persons.

Based on the statement of persons condemned for making of the acts provided by Articles 327, 327.1, 327.2, 327.3 and 327.4 of the Criminal code of the Republic of Armenia, based on religious beliefs or views after July 1, 2004 and served sentence or conditionally ahead of schedule exempted from serving sentence, or persons to whom punishment was not conditional it is applied and if the application was not submitted - according to the petition of the prosecutor provided according to the procedure, established by the second paragraph of part 2 of Article 52 of the Code of penal procedure of the Republic of Armenia, the court reviews the sentence pronounced concerning these persons, having stopped criminal proceeding if their criminal record as of day of appeal to the court is not removed or is not extinguished according to the procedure, stipulated in Clause 84 Criminal codes of the Republic of Armenia.

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