TJ Criminal Code 1998 amended 2020 EN (legislationline): TJ Criminal Code 1998 amended 2020 EN (legislationline)

The report states that this is the Criminal Code of the Republic of Tajikistan, an unofficial English translation from the Russian-language source published by the National Centre of Legislation under the President of the Republic of Tajikistan, hosted on legislationline.org. The report states that the Code was originally adopted in 1998 and has been amended numerous times through 2020, with a long list of amending Acts from 13.11.1998 onward through August 2020. The Common Part opens with Section I (Criminal Law) and Chapter 1 on objectives and principles, stating that the Code is based on the Constitution and generally recognised principles of international law, and sets out principles of legality, equality before the law, inevitability of liability, personal responsibility and guilt, equity, humanism and democracy. The report states that the Code prohibits application of criminal law by analogy and prohibits being held criminally liable twice for the same crime. Chapter 2 addresses the operation of criminal law in time and space, including retroactivity of laws that improve a defendant’s position, territorial jurisdiction, and extradition. Chapter 3 defines crime and categorises offences into minor, medium, grave, and especially grave, with corresponding sentence thresholds. Article 23 sets the general age of criminal responsibility at 16, with age 14 applicable for listed offences including murder, rape, kidnapping, terrorism, narcotics, and others.