The range of persons entitled to deferment of punishment will be expanded
Baku / 17.10.17 / Turan: The President of Azerbaijan submitted to the Parliament a bill that provides for the expansion of the range of convicts, to whom the execution of punishment may be postponed. One of the amendments concerns Article 79 (postponement of the serving of punishment by pregnant women and mothers of young children) of the Criminal Code. The new version proposes to extend the right to delay the serving of punishment for women with children under 14 years old, as well as men ...