Criminal liability shall only be imposed on sane persons of the age established hereby that have committed crimes. Article 18. Age of Criminal Liability (1) Criminal liability shall be imposed on persons that have reached the age of 16 prior the commission of crime. (2) Persons that have reached the age of 14 prior the commission of crime shall be criminally liable for killing (Article 97), intended doing of severe harm to health (Article 104), intended doing of less severe harm to health (Article 105), kidnapping (Article 123), human trafficking (Article 124), rape (Article 129), sexual violence (Article 130), theft (Article 164), abaction (Article 165), abbrochment (Article 167), brigandage (Article 168), major property stealage (Article 169), extortion (Article 170), misappropriation of an automobile or other motor vehicles (Article 172), intended destruction or damaging of property through arson or in any other generally dangerous way or with severe consequences (part two of Article 174), terrorism (Article 226), androlepsy (Article 227), hooliganism under aggravating circumstances (parts two and three of Article 234), vandalism (Article 235), stealing or extortion of firearms, ammunition or explosives (Article 245), illegal manufacturing, purchase, keeping, transport, forwarding for sale purposes or sale of drugs or psychotropics (Article 247), stealing or extortion of drugs or psychotropics (Article 248), putting carriers or communications out of commission (Article 283). (Version of the Kyrgyz Republic laws of September 21, 1998, No. 124; July 8, 2002, No. 115; August 9, 2003, No. 193) Article 19. Legal Insanity (1) Criminal responsibility shall not be imposed on a person that was insane when committing a socially dangerous act, i.e. was unaware of one's actions, unable to manage oneself due to a mental disease, temporary mental disorder, imbecility or another mentally sick state. (2) Court may assign medical coercive measures provided herein to apply to a person recognized insane. Article 20. Criminal Responsibility of a Person with Mental Disorder not Excluding Sanity (1) A sane person that could not fully realize actual nature and social danger of one's actions (omission) or was unable to manage oneself due to mental disorder, shall be recognized criminally liable. (2) Mental disorder not excluding sanity shall be taken into account by court in assigning a punishment and may serve as a ground for assigning medical coercive actions. Article 21. Criminal Responsibility of a Person Committing a Crime under Alcohol Intoxication A person that has committed a crime under intoxication caused by consumption of alcohol, drugs or other narcotic substances shall be recognized as criminally liable.

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