Russian Federation Criminal Code On Amendments to Articles 184 and 185 State Duma of the Russian Federation Year Approved by the Federation Council on 24 December 1997 Article 1. OF THE PRESIDENT OF THE RUSSIAN FEDERATION 198), the following changes: 1. Part Three and IV of Article 184 should read: " 3. When a convicted person refuses to petition for pardon, the administration of the correctional institution shall make an act in the presence of the procurator. The said act shall be certified by the Procurator and shall be submitted to the Supreme Court of the Russian Federation and the Procurator-General of the Russian Federation for the verification of the criminal case and the drawing up of an opinion, which shall be submitted to the President of the Russian Federation. The execution of the sentence is suspended until a decision is taken by the President of the Russian Federation. 4. The basis for the execution of the death penalty is the court sentence that entered into force, as well as the decision of the President of the Russian Federation to reject the application for pardon or the decision of the President of the Russian Federation No pardon granted to the convicted person who refused to petition for pardon. " 2. Article 185, paragraph 4, should read: " 4. Convicts sentenced to death for which a request for pardon has been refused or a decision not to grant a pardon shall be annexed to the relevant institutions for the enforcement of the sentence in the conditions provided for in Part Five Article 131 of this Code. ". Article 2. This Federal Law shall enter into force on the date of its official publication. President of the Russian Federation B. Yeltsin Moscow, Kremlin 8 January 1998 N 11-FZ
