Azerbaijan

Code of Criminal Procedure of the Azerbaijan Republic

General Part

FIRST SECTION
Main Provisions

Chapter II
Purposes and basic principles of criminal proceedings

Article 34. Nobody may be convicted for the same offence twice

34.1. Nobody may be convicted for the same offence twice.

34.2. If the public prosecutor or the victim bringing a private prosecution, as the case may be, voluntarily drops the criminal charges in court in the circumstances envisaged by Article 41 of this Code, the same person may not be charged again with the same offence (except where new facts are discovered).

34.3. If a final judgment has been given on the commission of an offence, it shall be prohibited to bring the same criminal prosecution twice for the same offence, to change the charge to a more serious one or to increase the penalty.

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