General provision

Section I
Criminal Legislation

CHAPTER 1

Article 3. Grounds of the criminal liability

The ground of the criminal liability shall be committing of action (action or inaction), structure of which provided only by the present Code.

General provision

Section I
Criminal Legislation

CHAPTER 1

Article 7. Principle of the responsibility for fault

7.1. The person shall be subjected to the criminal liability and punishment only for socially dangerous action (action or inaction) and its consequences, concerning of which his fault is provided.

7.2. The person shall not be subjected to the criminal liability for innocent causing of harm.

General provision

SECTION II
CRIME

CHAPTER 5
FAULT

Article 24. Forms of fault

24.1. The person, who has committed a crime (action or inaction) only on deliberate or on imprudence grounds, shall be admitted as guilty.

24.2. Acts (action or inaction), committed on imprudence, shall be admitted as a crime only in cases when it is specially provided by appropriate article of the Especial part of the present Code.

General provision

SECTION II
CRIME

CHAPTER 5
FAULT

Article 25. Crime, accomplished deliberately

25.1. Crime accomplished deliberately, shall be acts (action or inaction), accomplished with direct or indirect intention admits.

25.2. The crime shall be admitted as committed with direct intention, if the person realized public danger of the acts (action or inaction), expected their publicly dangerous consequences and wished their approach.

25.3. The crime shall be admitted as committed with indirect intention, if the person realized public danger of the acts (action or inaction), expected their socially dangerous consequences, did not wish, but meaningfully supposed these consequences.

General provision

SECTION II
CRIME

CHAPTER 5
FAULT

Article 26. Crime accomplished on imprudence

26.1. A crime accomplished on imprudence, shall be admitted acts (action or inaction), committed on criminal self-confidence or criminal negligence.

26.2. The crime shall be admitted as committed on criminal self-confidence, if the person expected an opportunity of approach of socially dangerous consequences of the acts (action or inaction), but without the sufficient grounds to that, expected prevention of these consequences.

26.3. The crime shall be admitted as committed on a criminal negligence, if the person did not expect an opportunity of approach of socially dangerous consequence of the acts (action or inaction) though at necessary attentiveness and foresight should and could expect these consequences.

General provision

SECTION II
CRIME

CHAPTER 6
UNCOMPLETED CRIME

Article 27. The completed and uncompleted crimes

27.2. Preparation for a crime and attempt at a crime shall be admitted as uncompleted crime.