The law on amnesty in connection with the International Year of the Family

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The Law of the Republic of Kazakhstan dated October 5, 1994

In connection with the International Year of the Family in 1994 and guided by the principles of humanism, the Supreme Council of the Republic of Kazakhstan

DECIDES :

1. Release minors from punishment in the form of imprisonment or from punishment not related to imprisonment: a) who have not previously been held in educational and labor colonies, regardless of the term of punishment; b) who are not subject to paragraph "a" of this article, sentenced to a term of up to three years of imprisonment inclusive..

2. Release from punishment in the form of imprisonment or from punishment not related to imprisonment of women, regardless of the term of punishment: a) having children under the age of 16, children with disabilities of groups I and II, as well as pregnant women; b) widows of military personnel who died while performing military and international duty women with war- disabled husbands and persons equated to them.

3. To release from punishment in the form of imprisonment or from punishment unrelated to imprisonment and regardless of the measure of punishment imposed: a) participants and invalids of the Great Patriotic War of 1941-1945, as well as persons equated to them; b) men over 60 years old, women over 55 years old; c) persons with disabilities I and Ii II groups; d) men with children under the age of 16, whose mother died or was deprived of parental rights.  

4. Release from prison convicted persons who do not fall within the scope of Articles 1-3 of this Law, the unserved part of their sentence is less than six months.

5. Release from punishment convicted persons who do not fall within the scope of Articles 1-3 of this Law, transferred to penal colonies for persons who are firmly on the path of correction, if on the day of entry into force of this Law they have served half of the sentence.

6. Release from punishment in the form of exile and expulsion of convicted persons to whom this punishment has been applied in the form of primary or additional.

7. Release from punishment persons sentenced to non-custodial measures, if this punishment is applied in the form of the main one and is not replaced by deprivation of liberty.

8. To reduce by half the unserved part of the punishment for persons who are not subject to Articles 1-3 of this Law, convicted of crimes committed through negligence.  

9. To reduce by half the unserved part of the sentence to persons who have been sentenced for the first time to a term of up to three years of imprisonment inclusive and are not subject to release on the basis of Articles 1-3 of this Law.

10. To reduce by one third the unserved part of the sentence to convicted persons who have served one third of their sentences in correctional labor institutions, who have previously been sentenced to imprisonment no more than once and who do not fall within the scope of Articles 1-3 of this Law.

11. To reduce by half the unserved part of the sentence for minors aged 14 to 16 years who do not fall under the scope of Article 1 of this Law, convicted of crimes provided for in Articles 132, 133, 200 of the Criminal Code.

12. To terminate all investigative cases and cases not considered by the courts on crimes committed before the entry into force of this Law by persons listed in Articles 1-3 of the Law.  

13. Articles 1-10, 12 of this Law do not apply to convicted persons and those brought to criminal responsibility: a) for crimes provided for in Articles 50-75-1, parts 3, 4 of Article 76, parts 2, 3, 4 of Article 76-1, articles 76-2, 76-5, 76-7, 88, 93, 101; in parts 3, 4 of Article 132, parts 2, 3, 4 of Article 133, articles 134, 135, 146, 146-1, 147, 173-1, part 2 of Article 183, part 2 of Article 200, Article 203, part 2 of Article 212-1, articles 213, 213-1, 213-2; parts 2, 3, 4 of Article 214, articles 214-1, 221, paragraphs "b" and "c" of Article 227, Article 229; paragraphs "b" and "c" of Article 231; Article 234; paragraph "b" of Article 238; paragraph "c" of Article 244 of the Criminal Code of the Kazakh SSR; b) recognized as particularly dangerous repeat offenders; c) previously convicted more than twice for intentional crimes; d) previously released from punishment by way of pardon or who have committed an intentional crime again; e) have not completed a full course of treatment for alcoholism, drug addiction or sexually transmitted diseases; f) maliciously violate the regime while serving their sentence.

14. This Law applies to persons convicted by courts of the Republic of Kazakhstan and military tribunals of the USSR for crimes committed on the territory of the Republic.

15. This Law shall enter into force from the date of its publication and shall be enforced within six months.

President

Republic of Kazakhstan

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