The Supreme People's Court has just issued Official Dispatch 276/TANDTC-PC providing guidance on the application of favorable provisions for offenders (NPT) of the Penal Code (BLHS) 2015. Accordingly:
- The provisions beneficial to the offenders of the Penal Code 2015 and the provisions of the Criminal Procedure Code (CPC) 2015 to implement the provisions beneficial to the offenders according to the Penal Code 2015, effective from July 1, 2016;- Provisions beneficial to the offenders of the Penal Code 2015 include provisions regarding:- Abolition of a crime, a punishment, an aggravating circumstance;- Provision of a lesser punishment, a new mitigating circumstance;- Expansion of the scope of application for suspended sentences, exemption from criminal liability, exemption from criminal responsibility, exemption from penalties, reduction of penalties, conditional early release, expungement of criminal records;- Other beneficial provisions for the offenders.
In addition, the Official Dispatch also mentions the procedural provisions according to the CPC 2015 to implement the beneficial provisions for the offenders of the Penal Code 2015.
See details of 195 beneficial provisions for the offenders in the appendix issued with Official Dispatch 276/TANDTC-PC dated September 13, 2016.
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