Federal Law On Amendments and Additions to the Federal Law "On Introduction of the Criminal Code Russian Federation" Accepted by the State Duma on 4 December 1996 Article 1. Amend the Federal Law "On enactment of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation" (Collection of Laws of the Russian Federation, 1996, Art. 2955) the following changes and additions: 1. In article 2: , in the first word, "Laws to which the Criminal Code of the RSFSR has been amended and supplemented between 27 October 1960 and 1 January 1997" to read " Laws and other normative legal acts adopted in the period from 27 October 1960, until 1 January 1997, part of the amendment and additions to the Criminal Code of the RSFSR "; part three to add the following sentence: " List of non-confiscation assets " The sentence of the court (Annex to the RSFSR Criminal Code) applies until a new one is approved OF THE PRESIDENT OF THE RUSSIAN FEDERATION Article 3 should read as follows: " Article 3. To free from punishment (the main and additional) persons convicted before 1 January 1997 under the Criminal Code of the RSFSR of 1960 for acts which are not recognized as crimes under the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation of 1996. Penalties for persons convicted under the previous criminal law and not disused by the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation in cases where the sentence imposed by the court is more than The upper limit of the sanction of the corresponding article of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation. If the criminal law otherwise improves the situation of persons who have committed a crime, including persons serving a sentence or former penalty, but have a criminal record, court sentences and other court decisions on the application of other measures Criminal offences are subject to review by the sentencing court or by the court at the place where the sentence was served. Exemption from punishment, commutation of sentence, other improvement of the situation of persons who have committed a crime, in the cases provided for by parts one, two and three of this article shall be made in the manner provided for in articles 361-1, 368 and 369 of the Code of Criminal Procedure of the RSFSR. To consider unconvicted persons who have been exempted from serving their sentences in accordance with parts one and three of this article, as well as persons who have previously served their sentence or released on parole if they have been convicted of an act, which are not recognized as crimes under the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation. Stop, with effect from 1 January 1997, criminal cases in the courts, pre-trial investigation and criminal investigation bodies on acts which, in accordance with the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation, are not recognized as crimes, "as well as criminal cases, which have expired the period of limitation of criminal liability established by the paragraph" (a) "of article 78 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation.". 3. Article 4, after the words "compulsory works", should be supplemented with the words ", restrictions on freedom". 4. Article 5, after the words "with the removal of the criminal record", should be supplemented by the words "by the court which handed down the sentence". 5. Article 6, after the words "State income", should be supplemented by the words "by the court which handed down the sentence or by the court at the place where the sentence was served". Article 2. This Federal Act shall enter into force on 1 January 1997. President of the Russian Federation B. Yeltsin Moscow, Kremlin 27 December 1996 N 161-FZ
