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POLITICS
07.04.2021 | 22:13
The government has drafted a law that would allow young people over the age of 27 who evaded mandatory military service, to make respective payments and be released from criminal liability. The draft is included in the agenda of tomorrow’s Government sitting.
The bill suggests granting amnesty to those individuals liable for military service as privates who turned 27 and to such reserve officers who reached the age of 35 by September 26, 2020, and who were suspected, accused, or convicted only under part 1 of Article 327 of the Criminal Code for evading mandatory army service, training or mobilization. In particular, the bill envisages release from punishment for people:
– sentenced to imprisonment,
– sentenced to suspended sentences,
– inflicted upon a sentence not related to imprisonment
The individuals sentenced to suspended sentences shall be exempt from surveillance over the parole. There is also a provision that the amnesty will be applied to persons wanted before the entry into force of this law, who may appear before the competent authorities on a voluntary basis before December 31, 2021. If the case is already being considered in court, they will have to appear in court.
