Azerbaijan

Code of Criminal Procedure of the Azerbaijan Republic

SPECIAL PART

SECTION ELEVEN
SPECIAL PROCEEDINGS

CHAPTER LVIII
PROCEEDINGS CONCERNING THE ENFORCEMENT OF JUDGMENTS AND OTHER FINAL COURT
DECISIONS

Article 517. Release from imprisonment before completion of the sentence

517.1. The following courts may release prisoners before completion of their sentences :

517.1.1. the court which gave the judgment or the court of first instance in the locality where the person lives: persons given suspended sentences and persons exempted or released from punishment owing to the expiry of the period of sentence enforcement ;
517.1.2. the court of first instance in the loaclity where the sentence is being served: persons released because they are ill or granted conditional release before completion of the sentence ;
517.1.3. the court of first instance in the locality where the sentenced person lives: other persons sentenced to various types of penalty.

517.2. Release from imprisonment before completion of the sentence shall be ordered by the court further to an application from the sentenced person and in accordance with the provisions of criminal law.

517.3. Applications by sentenced persons for early release from imprisonment shall be examined by the court taking account of the views of the establishment or authority enforcing the sentence.

Keywords

Early release - national proceedings



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