Kazakhstan

Criminal Code of the Republic of Kazakhstan

Section V. Exemption from Criminal Liability and Punishment

Article 76. Exemption from Criminal Liability and Punishment on the Basis of an Act of Amnesty or Pardon

1. An act of amnesty shall be issued by the Parliament of the Republic of Kazakhstan with regard to a circle of persons who are not individually defined.

2. On the basis of an amnesty act, persons having committed crimes may be exempt from criminal liability. Persons convicted for the commission of a crime may be either exempt from punishment, or punishment sentenced upon them may be reduced or substituted for a more lenient type of punishment, or such persons may be exempt form an additional type of punishment. From persons who served punishment or are released from its further endurance, an amnesty act may remove a conviction.

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