The National Assembly has decided to postpone the effective date of the Criminal Code 2015 (due to numerous errors) until the date the Law on Amendments and Supplements to Certain Articles of the Criminal Code 2015 comes into effect.
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But from today (July 1, 2016), many provisions of the Ciminal Code 2015 are still applied in order to meet practical requirements. To be specific:
- The provisions of the 2015 Criminal Code abolish an offense, abolish a penalty, an aggravating circumstance; prescribe milder penalties, new mitigating circumstances; exemption from criminal liability, exemption from penalties, reduction of penalties, expungement of convictions, and other provisions that are beneficial to offenders.
These provisions are applied to acts of crime occurring before 00:00 on July 1, 2016, but discovered after that time, under investigation, prosecution, or trial, or for individuals being considered for a reduction of penalty period, expungement of convictions.
- Continue to apply Clause 2, Article 1 and other provisions beneficial to offenders in Resolution 109/2015/QH13 dated November 27, 2015 regarding the implementation of the Ciminal Code 2015.
The aforementioned content is stipulated in Resolution 144/2016/QH13 dated June 29, 2016 by the National Assembly.
| Some provisions of the Ciminal Code 2015 continue to take effect from July 1, 2016 such as: Point b, Clause 1, Article 142; Clause 4, Article 168; Clause 4, Article 193; Clause 3, Article 399; Clause 4, Article 394; Clause 2, Article 303; Clause 4, Article 249 (regarding the abolition of the death penalty for 07 offenses); Clause 1, Article 135; Clause 1, Article 136; Clause 1, Article 138; Clause 1, Article 155; Clause 1, Article 165; Article 183; Clause 1, Article 197; Clause 1, Article 205; Clause 1, Article 231; Clause 1, Article 281 (provisions changing imprisonment to fines)… |
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