Article 75. Release from punishment or postponement of serving a sentence due to illness of the Criminal Code of the Republic of Kazakhstan, the Criminal Code of the Republic of Kazakhstan
1. A person who, after committing a criminal offense, has a mental disorder that makes it impossible for him to realize the actual nature and social danger of his actions (inaction) or to direct them, is released from punishment by the court, and the person serving the sentence is released by the court from further serving it. The court may order compulsory medical measures provided for by this Code for such persons.
2. A person suffering from another serious illness that prevents him from serving his sentence, except for life imprisonment, may be suspended by the court, or he is released from serving his sentence by the court, or the punishment may be replaced by a milder type of punishment, taking into account the nature of the disease, the severity of the criminal offense committed, the personality of the convicted person and other circumstances.
3. The persons specified in parts one and two of this article, in the event of their recovery, are subject to criminal liability and punishment, unless the statute of limitations for criminal prosecution or conviction has expired.
4. Postponement of serving a sentence is not applied to persons convicted of a crime against the sexual integrity of minors, except in the case of a minor committing such a crime against a minor between the ages of fourteen and eighteen, a terrorist or extremist crime that resulted in the death of people or involved the commission of a particularly serious crime, as well as a crime committed as part of a criminal group.
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