SPECIAL PART
SECTION VII. PERSONAL CRIMES
CHAPTER 16. CRIMES AGAINST LIFE AND HEALTH
Article 97. Killing
(1) Killing, intended depriving another person of life shall be
sentenced by 8 to 15 years of imprisonment.
(2) Killing:
1) of 2 or more persons (mass killing);
2) of a woman knowingly pregnant;
3) of a person knowingly helpless or juvenile person;
4) of a person or person’s family members in connection with
service or public duty of such person;
5) in a manner threading lives of many people;
6) with special atrocity;
7) connected with rape or another form of violent satisfaction of
sexual needs;
8) lucrative or hired or connected with robbery, extortion or
brigandage;
9) due to interethnic, race or religious hostility;
10) for hooliganism;
11) connected with kidnapping or androlepsy;
12) with the purpose of using the victim’s organs or tissues;
13) aimed to conceal or extenuate another crime;
14) committed by a group of persons;
15) committed under a group concert;
16) committed repeatedly;
17) committed by an organized group or a criminal association, shall be sentenced by 12 to 25 years of imprisonment with or with
no property seizure or by death penalty with or with no property seizure.
Article 98. Killing under Strong Excitement
(1) A killing committed under a sudden strong excitement (affective
state), caused by wrongful violence or severe insult by the victim or
other actions of the victim, as well as by psychologically traumatizing
context resulted from systematic wrongful or immoral conduct of the
victim, shall be sentenced by up to 3 years of imprisonment.
(2) A killing of 2 or more persons committed under a sudden strong
excitement, shall be sentenced by 3 to 5 years of imprisonment.
Article 99. Killing Committed under Excess of Necessary Defense or Excess
of Measures Required for an Offender Detention
Killing committed under excess of necessary defense or excess of
measures required for an offender detention, shall be sentenced by up to 3 years of imprisonment.
Article 100. Killing of a Newborn Infant by the Mother