'Insanity - national proceedings' in document 'Tajikistan - Criminal Code'

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RELEVANT SECTIONS OF THE IMPLEMENTING LEGISLATION

GENERAL PART

SECTION II. CRIME

CHAPTER 4. Persons Who Are Liable to Criminal Liability

Article 25. Criminal Liability of Persons who Have Mental Derangements not Excluding Sanity (Limited Responsibility)

(1) A person who was sane at the time when committing a crime, but had limited capacity to realize the significance of his acts or direct them as a consequence of his mental derangement is liable to criminal responsibility.

(2) The state of limited responsibility is taken into account when imposing a penalty and may be served as a ground for prescribing compulsory measures of medical character.