Article 161. Grounds for exemption from serving a sentence of the Criminal Executive Code of the Republic of Kazakhstan
1. The grounds for release from serving a sentence are:
1) serving the term of punishment imposed by the court verdict;
2) cancellation of the court verdict with the acquittal or termination of the proceedings in the case;
3) conditional early release from serving a sentence;
4) replacement of the unserved part of the punishment with a milder type of punishment;
5) The Amnesty Act;
6) the act of pardon;
7) the convicted person's illness, provided for in the list approved by the authorized body in the field of healthcare in coordination with the authorized body in the field of penal enforcement activities.;
The footnote. Subparagraph 7) as amended by the Law of the Republic of Kazakhstan dated 12/30/2021 No. 95-VII (effective: from July 1, 2022 – in respect of persons held in pre-trial detention facilities of the penal (penitentiary) system; from January 1, 2023 - in respect of persons held in institutions of the penal (penitentiary) systems;).
8) other grounds provided by law.
2. One month before the release after serving the sentence, and for other reasons, within two working days after the release, the administration of the institution sends a copy of the court verdict to the probation service at the convicted person's chosen place of residence for further execution of the punishment in the form of deprivation of the right to hold a certain position or engage in a certain activity.
After receiving a copy of the court's verdict, the probation service sends a notification to the appropriate institution, as well as to the court that issued the verdict, for further execution of the sentence in the form of deprivation of the right to hold a certain position or engage in a certain activity.
3. From the person being released from serving a sentence of imprisonment with an unserved term of an additional type of punishment in the form of deprivation of the right to hold a certain position or engage in a certain activity, the administration of the institution takes away a subscription for mandatory attendance within five days at the probation service at the chosen place of residence from the day of his arrival.
4. The convicted person follows to the chosen place of residence independently at the expense of budgetary funds in accordance with the procedure established by the legislation of the Republic of Kazakhstan.
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