Law on amnesty to the participants of the political and military confrontation in the republic of Tajikistan

With the view of implementing the General Agreement on Establishing Peace and National Accord in Tajikistan and in accordance with Article 7 of its Charter, the Commission on National Reconciliation decided:

1. To annul the convictions of those sentenced to imprisonment, regardless of their duration, and the convictions of those sentenced to other punishment who took part in the political and military confrontation from 1992 up to the time of adoption of the present Amnesty Act.

2. To discontinue all criminal cases under proceeding and investigation and cases not considered by courts, with regard to persons affected by Paragraph 1 of the current Act.

3. Criminal charges will not be brought against persons who committed crimes against the State during the political and military confrontation.

4. Persons accused of crimes envisaged by Articles 63, 74, 76, 96, 104, 105, 121, 240, 240-1, 241 of the Penal Code of the Republic of Tajikistan are not released from punishment and criminal charges. With regard to persons who took part in the political and military confrontation from 1992 up to the time of adoption of the present Act and committed crimes envisaged by the above mentioned articles of the Penal Code, Article 4 of the present Act will be applied on the basis of the proposals of the parties and the decision of the Commission on National Reconciliation.

5. An amnesty erases previous conviction record.

6. The present Act shall enter into force on the day of its publication and affects all persons sentenced by the courts of the Republic of Tajikistan or against whom legal actions were taken by investigating bodies of the country and shall be implemented within the period of four months.

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