Armenia

Criminal Code of the Republic of Armenia

General Part

Section 3.

Punishment.

Chapter 10.

Assignment of punishment.

Article 64. Assignment of a milder punishment than envisaged by law.

1. If there are exceptional circumstances concerned with the motives of the crime and its purpose, the role of the perpetrator, and his behavior when committing the crime and thereafter, which essentially reduce the extent of danger of the crime for the society, as well as, if a member of the group crime actively assists in solving the crime, a softer punishment can be assigned than the minimal envisaged punishment in the appropriate article of the Special Part of this Code, or a softer type of punishment, than envisaged in that article, or no compulsory supplementary punishment may be applied.

2. Individual mitigating circumstances as well as a combination of such circumstances can be considered exceptional.


Keywords

Sentencing - national proceedings
Determination of sentence - national proceedings
Mitigating factors - national proceedings



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