Amendments to the Code of Execution of Sentences Approved

A bill to amend the Code of Execution of Sentences has been approved in its third reading.

The Editorial Office reports that the relevant bill was included in the agenda of the plenary session of parliament held on February 27.

According to the bill, Article 24 of the Code is presented in a new version. Under this article, if a convict does not pay the fine within the specified period, the execution of the sentence in the form of a fine will be carried out by the court that issued the sentence through compulsory enforcement. In this case, the fine will be directed, first and foremost, towards the convict's salary or other income. If the convict has no salary or other income, or if the convict's salary or other income is insufficient to fully pay the fine, the fine will be directed towards the convict's privately owned property or their share of jointly owned property, and in this case, the provisions of the Law "On Enforcement" regarding the direction of enforcement towards the debtor's property will apply.

The bill was prepared to revise the priority order in the execution of fines, including directing the fine primarily towards the convict's salary or other income, increasing the efficiency of the enforcement process, and minimizing the necessity of seizing and selling property equivalent to the fine amount.