TJ Criminal Code full EN (for art. 244 247 292 295 etc): TJ Criminal Code full EN (for art. 244 247 292 295 etc)

The report states that this is the full English-language text of the Criminal Code of the Republic of Tajikistan, originally adopted in 1998 and consolidated with amendments through 13 November 2023 (Law No. 1985), published on the Biological Weapons Convention Implementation portal. The file is annotated in its filename as the reference copy used for Articles 244, 247, 292, 295 and related provisions — articles commonly cited in fraud, theft, forgery and economic-crime matters including prosecutions linked to household debt and microfinance disputes. The report states that the General Section opens with Section I (Criminal Law) and Chapter 1 on duties and principles, establishing that the Criminal Law is based on the Constitution and generally recognised norms of international law and on principles of legality, equality before the law, inevitability of responsibility, personal responsibility and guilt, justice, humanity, and democracy. The report states that application of the criminal law by analogy is prohibited, that any ambiguity must be interpreted in favour of the accused, and that no one can be held criminally liable twice for the same crime. Chapter 2 sets out the temporal and territorial application of the law, including retroactivity of laws that improve the situation of the person who committed the crime. The amendments list cites laws from 1998 through Law No. 1985 dated 13.11.2023.