'Escape - national proceedings' in document 'Kyrgyzstan - Criminal Code (ENG)'

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RELEVANT SECTIONS OF THE IMPLEMENTING LEGISLATION

SPECIAL PART

SECTION X. CRIMES AGAINST STATE POWER

CHAPTER 31. CRIMES AGAINST THE ADMINISTRATION OF JUSTICE

Article 336. Escape from a Place of Confinement or Custody

(1) Escape from a place of confinement, or custody, committed by a person who is serving a sentence or is imprisoned before trial,

Shall be punishable by imprisonment for a term of up to three years.

(2) The same act committed by a group of persons in a preliminary conspiracy or by an organized group,

Shall be punishable by up to five years of imprisonment.

(3) Acts specified in (1) and (2) hereof committed with the employment of violence dangerous to human health or life or a threat to employ such violence as well as those committed with the employment of weapons or objects used as weapons,

shall be punishable by three to eight years of imprisonment.

Note. A person, who on his own will returned within three-day period for the first time to the place of confinement or into custody shall be released from criminal liability, if he has not committed a new crime or if his escape has not been connected with the acts stipulated by (2) and (3) of the present Article.