'Mental disease or defect - national proceedings' in document 'Kyrgyzstan - Criminal Code (ENG)'

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RELEVANT SECTIONS OF THE IMPLEMENTING LEGISLATION

GENERAL PART

SECTION II. CRIME

CHAPTER 4. CRIMINALLY LIABLE PERSONS

Article 19. Legal Insanity

(1) Criminal responsibility shall not be imposed on a person that was insane when committing a socially dangerous act, i.e. was unaware of one's actions, unable to manage oneself due to a mental disease, temporary mental disorder, imbecility or another mentally sick state.

(2) Court may assign medical coercive measures provided herein to apply to a person recognized insane.

GENERAL PART

SECTION II. CRIME

CHAPTER 4. CRIMINALLY LIABLE PERSONS

Article 20. Criminal Responsibility of a Person with Mental Disorder not Excluding Sanity

(1) A sane person that could not fully realize actual nature and social danger of one's actions (omission) or was unable to manage oneself due to mental disorder, shall be recognized criminally liable.

(2) Mental disorder not excluding sanity shall be taken into account by court in assigning a punishment and may serve as a ground for assigning medical coercive actions.