13.3. If the persons, who have committed a crime outside of limits of the Azerbaijan Republic, shall not
distributed out to the foreign state, and this action (action or inaction) is admitted as a crime according to the
present Code, they shall be instituted to criminal proceedings in the Azerbaijan Republic.
13.4. If the international agreements, to which the Azerbaijan Republic is a party, establish other regulations
about distribution of the persons who have committed a crime, then the international agreements shall be
appreciated.
SECTION II
CRIME
CHAPTER 3
CONCEPT OF THE CRIME AND CLASSIFICATION OF CRIMES
Article 14. Concept of a crime
14.1. Crime shall be admitted as a socially dangerous action (action or inaction), forbidden by the present
Code, under threat of punishment on guilty.
14.2. Actions (action or inactivity), though it is formally containing attributes of any action (action or inaction),
provided by the criminal law, but by virtue of insignificance not representing public danger, and shall not
cause harm to a person, to a society or the state, shall not be admitted as a crime.
Article 15. Classification of crimes
15.1. Depending on nature and degree of action stipulated as public danger (actions or inaction), provided by
the present Code, shall be subdivided into the crimes which shall be big public danger, less serious crimes,
serious crimes and especially serious crimes.
15.2. Crimes which do not represent big public danger shall be deliberate and careless actions for
committing of which by the present Code, admitted punishment, but not connected to imprisonment, and also
deliberate and careless actions for committing of which the maximal punishment provided by the present
Code, shall not exceed two years of imprisonment.
15.3. Less serious crimes shall be deliberate and careless actions for committing of which the maximal
punishment, provided by the present Code, shall not exceed seven years of imprisonment.
15.4 Serious crime shall be deliberate and careless actions for committing of which maximal punishment
provided by the present Code shall not exceed twelve years of imprisonment.
15.5 Especially serious crime shall be deliberate actions for committing of which punishment provided by the
present Code, shall be imprisonment for the term of twelve years or more strict punishment.
Article 16. Frequency of committing crimes
16.1. Repeatedly committed crimes shall be two or more crimes provided by one article of the present Code.
16.2. Committing of two or more crimes provided by one article of the present Code shall be admitted as
repeated only in cases provided by appropriate articles of the Especial part of the present Code.
16.3. The crime shall not be admitted as repeatedly committed, if for crime the person in the order provided
by the law was released from the criminal liability or the previous conviction for the crime committed by the
person was extinguished or removed.
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