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Law of the President of the Republic of Azerbaijan on amendments to the Criminal Code of the Republic of Azerbaijan

Law of the President of the Republic of Azerbaijan on amendments to the Criminal Code of the Republic of Azerbaijan
Law of the President of the Republic of Azerbaijan on amendments to the Criminal Code of the Republic of Azerbaijan
Law of the President of the Republic of Azerbaijan on amendments to the Criminal Code of the Republic of Azerbaijan

The Milli Majlis of the Republic of Azerbaijan, basing on the paragraph 17 of part I of the Article 94 of the Constitution of the Republic of Azerbaijan, decides:

To add the article 139-1 to the Criminal Code of the Republic of Azerbaijan in the following theme (Collection of Legislation of the Republic of Azerbaijan, 2000, № 4 (II book), article 251, № 5, article 323, № 12, article 835; 2001, № 1, article 24, № 7, article 455; 2002, № 1, article 9, № 5, articles 236, 248, 258, № 6, article 326, № 8, article 465; 2003, № 6, articles 276, 279, № 8, articles 424, 425, № 12 (I book), article 676; 2004, № 1, article 10, № 4, article 200, № 5, article 321, № 8, article 598, № 10, article 762, № 11, article 900; 2005, № 1, article 3, № 6, article 462, № 7, article 575, № 10, article 904, № 11, article 994; 2006, № 2, articles 71, 72, 75, № 5, article 390, № 12, articles 1008, 1020, 1028; 2007, № 2, article 68, № 5, article 398, № 6, articles 560, 562, 579, № 8, article 757, № 10, articles 937, 941, № 11, articles 1049, 1080, 1090, № 12, article 1221; 2008, № 6, articles 454, 461, № 7, article 602, № 10, article 884, № 12, articles 1047, 1049; 2009, № 5, article 315, № 7, article 517, № 12, article 953; 2010, № 2, article 70, № 3, articles 171, 178, № 4, articles 275, 276, №7, article 591; 2011, №4, article 253, № 6, article 472, № 7, articles 587, 601, 621, № 11, article 980, № 12, article 1093; 2012, № 2, article 45, № 3, articles 193, 196, № 7, articles 666, 669, 673, № 11, article 1068, № 12, article 1223; 2013, № 1, article 14, № 2, article 102, № 4 article 364, № 5, articles 459, 479, 481, № 6, articles 594, 600, № 11, articles 1264, 1286, 1312, № 12, article 1492; 2014, № 2, articles 89, 95, № 4, article 327, № 6, articles 618, 622; 2015, № 4, articles 339, 359, 368, № 5, articles 504, 508, 510, № 6, articles 678, 690, 692, № 11, articles 1253, 1268, 1289, 1298, № 12, articles 1437, 1445; 2016, № 4, articles 634, 636, 638, 653, № 5, article 845, № 6, articles 993, 1001, № 12, articles 1983, 1999, 2008, 2019, 2038, 2048; 2017, № 2, article 161, № 3, article 330, № 5, articles 694, 697,700, 702, 733, № 7, articles 1268, 1271, 1293, № 11, articles 1968, 1978, № 12 (I book), article 2231; 2018, № 3, article 403, № 5, article 861, № 6, article 1154, № 7 (I book), article 1441, № 10, article 1972, № 11, article 2213, № 12 (I book), article 2472; 2019, №4, article 586, №7, article 1201, № 8, article 1367):

Article 139-1. Violation of anti-epidemic regime, sanitary-hygienic and quarantine regimes

139-1.1. When the violation of the anti-epidemic regime, sanitary-hygienic or quarantine regimes causes the spread of diseases or poses a real threat to the spread of diseases -

is punished by the penalty at a rate of two thousand five hundred manats to five thousand manats or restriction of the liberty for the term up to three years or imprisonment for the term up to three years.

139-1.2. When the same actions cause death or other serious consequences due to carelessness -

is punished by imprisonment for a term from three to five years”.

Ilham Aliyev

President of the Republic of Azerbaijan

Baku city, March 17, 2020