81.2. By amnesty act persons who have committed crimes, can be released from a criminal liability. The
persons, condemned for commitment of crimes can be released from punishment, or term of the punishment
appointed on them can be reduced or deserved part of punishment can be replaced with mitigate kind of
punishment, or such persons can be released from additional punishment. From the persons who have been
released from punishment, by amnesty act previous conviction can be removed.
Article 82. Pardon
82.1. The pardon shall be carried out by the President of the Azerbaijan Republic in the attitude of
individually certain person.
82.2. By pardon act, a person condemned for a crime, can be released from serving a rest of punishment, or
term of the punishment appointed to him can be reduced or deserved part of punishment can be replaced
with mitigate kind of punishment.
82.3. Life imprisonment in order of the pardon can be replaced with imprisonment for the term of not over
twenty-five years.
82.4. From the person who have been released from punishment, by pardon act conviction can be removed.
Article 83. Conviction
83.1. The person condemned for commitment of a crime shall be considered as convicted from the date of
the introduction of a decision of court into validity up to the moment of removal or release from a previous
conviction. The previous conviction according to the present Code shall be taken into account at relapse of
crimes and at assignment of punishment.
83.2. The person released from punishment shall be considered as not convicted.
83.3. The release from conviction shall be:
83.3.1. concerning persons conditionally condemned - after expiration of a suspension period;
83.3.2. concerning persons condemned to mitigate kinds of punishments, than imprisonment - after the
expiration of one year from the date of serving punishments;
83.3.3. concerning persons condemned to imprisonment for crimes, not representing big public danger and
less serious crimes - after expiration of three years from the date of serving the punishment;
83.3.4. concerning persons condemned to imprisonment for minor serious crimes - after expiration of six
years from the date of serving the punishment;
83.3.5. concerning persons condemned for serious crimes - after expiration of eight years from the date of
serving the punishment.
83.4. If condemned in order provided by the law was prescheduled released from serving punishment or
deserved part of punishment was replaced with mitigate kind of punishment, term of release from conviction
shall be estimated from a moment of release from serving a basic and additional punishment.
83.5. If condemned after serving a punishment by good behavior will prove the correction under his petition a
court can prescheduled remove from him a previous conviction.
83.6. Release or removal of conviction cancels all legal consequences connected to a previous conviction.
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