72.2. The person, committed other kinds of a crime, at presence of the conditions provided by article 72.1 of
the present Code, can be released from the criminal liability only in the cases directly provided by
appropriate articles of the Especial part of the present Code.
Article 73. Release from a criminal liability in connection with reconciliation with victim
The person, who has committed a crime for the first time, not representing big public danger, can be
released from the criminal liability if he has reconciled with victim and has compensated cause to him or has
removed caused harm.
Article 74. Release from criminal liability in connection with change of conditions
The person who has committed a crime for the first time, not representing big public danger or less serious
crime, can be released from a criminal liability if will be established, that committed act or a person who has
made act owing to change of conditions, is ceased to be socially dangerous.
Article 75. Release from criminal liability in connection with expiration of time limits
75.1. The person can not be instituted to criminal liabilities, if from the date of commitment of a crime by him,
following terms have expired:
75.1.1. Two years from the date of commitment of a crime which are not representing big public danger;
75.1.2. seven years from the date of commitment less serious crime;
75.1.3. Twelve years from the date of commitment of minor serious crime;
75.1.4. fifteen years from the date of commitment serious crime.
75.2. Time limits shall be estimated from the date of commitment of a crime and up to the moment of the
introduction of a decision by court in validity. In case of commitment by the person of a new crime time limits
on each crime shall be estimated independently.
75.3. Current of time limits stops, if the person, who has committed a crime, disappears from investigation or
court. In this case current of time limits renews from the moment of detention of the specified person or from
the time that appropriate person shall give himself up and confess.
75.4. The question on application of time limits to a person who has committed a crime, punishable by life
imprisonment, shall be solved by court. If the court will not consider possible to release this person from the
criminal liability in connection with the expiration of time limits, in this case punishment on him as life
imprisonment can not be appointed.
75.5. Positions of present article shall not be applied to the persons who have made crimes against the
peace and safety of mankind, terrorism, financing of terrorism and war crimes provided by appropriate
articles of the Especial part of present Code.
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RELEASE FROM PUNISHMENT
Article 76. Conditional - prescheduled release from serving a punishment
76.1. If the court will come to a conclusion that a person, who is serving time in corrective works, restrictions
of freedom, maintenance in disciplinary military unit, restrictions on military service or imprisonment on
certain term, does not need to serve full punishment, it can conditionally - prescheduled release a given
person from serving punishment. Thus a person can be fully or partly released from serving additional
punishment.
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