way of participation in an organized group or criminal organization for the purpose of preventing or uncovering its criminal activities. 2. Any such person as described in the first paragraph of this article shall be criminally liable only for committing, as part of an organized group or criminal organization, a special grave criminal offense which was willful and involved violence with respect to the victim, or a grievous crime, which was willful and involved grievous bodily injury to the victim or other serious or particularly serious consequences. 3. A person who has committed such criminal offense may not be sentenced to life and may not be imprisoned for a longer term than half of the maximum term of imprisonment prescribed by the law in respect of this crime. Chapter IX. DISCHARGE FROM CRIMINAL LIABILITY Article 44. Legal grounds and procedure for discharge from criminal liability 1. A person, who committed a criminal offense, shall be discharged from criminal liability in cases prescribed by this Code, and also on the grounds of the Law of Ukraine of amnesty or an act of pardon. 2. The discharge from criminal liability in cases prescribed by this Code shall be exercised exclusively by court. The procedure of discharge from criminal liability in shall be established by law. Article 45. Discharge from criminal liability in view of effective repentance A person who has committed a minor criminal offense for the first time shall be discharged from criminal liability if, upon committing that offense, he/she sincerely repented, actively facilitates the detection of the offense, and fully compensates the losses or repairs the damage inflicted. Article 46. Discharge from criminal liability in view of reconciliation of the offender and the victim A person who has committed a minor criminal offense for the first time shall be exempt from criminal liability if he/she reconciled with the victim and compensated the losses or repaired the damage inflicted. Article 47. Discharge from criminal liability in view of admission by bail 1. A person, who has committed a minor criminal offense or an offense of medium gravity for the first time and sincerely repented, may be discharged from criminal liability for admission by bail on request of the collective body of an enterprise, institution or organization on condition that such person, within one year of his/her admission by bail, will not fail the trust of the collective body, avoid measures of correctional nature or break public peace. 2. If conditions of the admission by bail are not satisfied, the person shall be subject to criminal liability for the offense committed. Article 48. Discharge from criminal liability due to a change of situation A person who has committed a minor criminal offense or an offense of medium gravity for the first time may be discharged from criminal liability if it is found that at the time of