President

Based on the Constitution

As approved by the People's Assembly at its meeting held on 21/11/2000, the following is issued. :

Article 1

- A general amnesty shall be granted for offences committed before 16/11/2000, as follows:

a full penalty for the offence provided for in article (10) of Act No. 49 of 1974 amending .

About the entire sentence in misdemeanours.

c. For the full penalty of the perpetrators of internal flight offences provided for in article 100 of the Military Penal Code, the deceased shall be covered by the provisions of this paragraph only if they have surrendered within 60 days of the date of this Act .

d. About the entire penalty :

1. In the offences provided for in articles 56-57-60-70 of the Flag Service Act of Legislative Decree No. 115 of the amended 5/10/1983 .

2. In other offences punishable by other texts .

e. Reform and care measures for juvenile offenders .

and - 1 -The full punishment of the perpetrators of the smuggling offences set forth in Legislative Decree No. 13 of 15/2/1974 .

2. Excludes the provisions of the preceding paragraph (1). -Narcotic drugs-smuggling offences associated with resistance by the competent authorities .

g. For the full penalty of the offences set forth in Legislative Decree No. 24 of 31 August 1986 amending and Legislative Decree No. 6 of 22/4/2000 and articles 15-23.24 of the Economic Penal Code of the Legislative Decree No. 37 of the amended Code No. 37 of 165/1966. .

h. About one third of the penalty in other felonies provided for in the Economic Penal Code. i. For the full penalty of the offences set forth in Act No. 8 of 20/06/1994 if the money is returned to depositors within one year of the date of this Act .

Article 2

Excluded from the inclusion of this law:

a. Offences set forth in Act No. 10 of 1961 .

b. Offences provided for in the following articles: article 345, even article 349; article 351; article 358; article 358; article 365; article 367; article 397; article 397; article 428; article 435; article 435; article 450; article 461; article 450; article 450; article 461; and article 461; 476, Article 500, Sections 504, 505, Article 507, even Article 527, Article 628, Article 632, Articles 635, 636, 641, 644, 652, 653, Article 656 and even Article 659 of the General Penal Code. 2. Articles 112, 113, 120, 133, 135, 140 and 149 of the Military Penal Code of Legislative Decree No. 61 of 1950 amending .

c. fines for violations of customs, customs regulations, trunks, tobacco, hazing, stamps, construction officers and other laws with fines for the nature of civil compensation for the State or public .

d. The exceptions contained in article 2, paragraph (b), do not include penalty sentences against debtors or convicts specified exclusively in article (5) of Act No. 2 of 3/4/2000 and benefit from the amnesty provisions mentioned in article (1) (b) of this Law .

Article 3

This amnesty shall not benefit from the attention in felonies covered by this law, unless they have surrendered within three months of the date of its issuance to the competent authorities. .

Article 4

a. This amnesty does not cover fines sentenced or convicted for the offences set forth in paragraphs (f-g) of the first article of this law, and the amnesty does not cover the proceedings and the confiscation decisions taken in it. .

b. The fees and fines for offences covered by this amnesty shall not be returned if they have been paid to the Treasury Fund .

Article 5

This pardon has no effect on the personal right's claim and remains in the jurisdiction of the court to file a claim for the right of the public, and the Personal Prosecutor may establish his claim before the present court for one year from the date of force of this law, and forfeit his right of residence after this period before the court. The Penal Code remains the right to be established and the Civil Court .

Article 6

This law is published in the Official Journal and is considered effective from the date of its promulgation. .

Damascus 25/8/1421 A.H. 22/11/2000

President

Bashar al-Assad

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