17-Year-Old Drug Trafficker Sentenced to 18 Months in Prison: When Can the Criminal Record Be Expunged?

According to the provisions of the Criminal Code 2015, the crime of illegal trading of narcotics is an exceptionally serious offense.

Clause 19 Article 1 of the Law Amending the Criminal Code 2017 stipulates the expungement of criminal records for individuals aged 16 to under 18 as follows:

Individuals aged 16 to under 18 who are convicted of a very serious crime committed intentionally or an exceptionally serious crime shall have their criminal records expunged if, after serving the main penalty or completing the probation period of a suspended sentence, or when the statute of limitations for enforcing the sentence expires, they commit no new offense within the following time frames:

a) 06 months in case of being sentenced to a warning, a fine, non-custodial reform, or a prison sentence but granted a suspended sentence;

b) 01 year in case of being sentenced to imprisonment up to 05 years;

c) 02 years in case of being sentenced to imprisonment from over 05 years to 15 years;

d) 03 years in case of being sentenced to imprisonment over 15 years.

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Thus, according to the regulations, in the case of a 17-year-old convicted of illegal trading of narcotics (an exceptionally serious crime), the criminal record shall be automatically expunged if, after serving an 18-month prison sentence, the individual does not commit any new offense within 01 year.

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