No. 68 of 01/10/1997
CRIMINAL CODE OF THE KYRGYZ REPUBLIC
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THE KYRGYZ REPUBLIC
CRIMINAL CODE
(Version of the Kyrgyz Republic laws of September 21,1998, No. 124;
December 9, 1999, No. 141; July 23, 2001, No. 77; November 19, 2001, No.
92; March 12, 2002, No. 36; June 22, 2002, No. 109; July 8, 2002, No.
115; October 16, 2002, No. 141; February 17, 2003, No. 36; June 11, 2003,
No. 98; June 11, 2003, No. 99; June 11, 2003, No. 100; August 9, 2003,
No. 193; August 5, 2003, No. 192; November 14, 2003, No. 221; November
15, 2003, No. 223; February 15, 2004, No. 13; March 7, 2004, No. 17;
March 23, 2004, No. 46; July 26, 2004, No. 99; July 27, 2004, No. 101;
December 15, 2004, No. 191; August 5, 2005, No. 122; January 5, 2006, No.
1; February 6, 2006, No. 35; February 13, 2006, No. 56; February 13,
2006, No. 57)
Adopted by the Legislative Assembly of the Kyrgyz Republic Parliament
(Jogorku Kenesh) on September 18, 1997
GENERAL PART
SECTION I. CRIMINAL LAW
Chapter 1. OBJECTIVES AND PRINCIPLES OF THE KYRGYZ REPUBLIC CRIMINAL CODE
Article 1. Criminal Laws of the Kyrgyz Republic
(1) Criminal laws of the Kyrgyz Republic includes this Code based
on the Kyrgyz Republic Constitution and provisions contained in
international agreements and other acts ratified by the Kyrgyz Republic
Jogorku Kenesh.
(2) New laws envisaging criminal responsibility are subject to
incorporation into this Code.
Article 2. Goals and Objectives of the Kyrgyz Republic Criminal Code
(1) Goals of the Kyrgyz Republic Criminal Code include crime
prevention, protecting individuals, rights and freedoms of individuals
and entities, property, natural environment, public order and security,
Kyrgyz Republic constitutional system from criminal trespass.
(2) Objectives of the Kyrgyz Republic Criminal Code include
identification of criminal responsibility principles, grounds of criminal
responsibility, characteristics of the general concept of crime, scope of
socially dangerous acts, and punishments applied to persons committing
crimes.
Article 3. Principles of the Kyrgyz Republic Criminal Law
(1)
The Criminal Code is based on principles of law, personal
guilty liability, justice, democracy, humanism, as well as equality
before the law and inevitability of responsibility for crimes committed.