Article 6. Retroactive effect of the criminal law of the Criminal Code of the Republic of Kazakhstan, the Criminal Code of the Republic of Kazakhstan
A law that eliminates the criminality or punishability of an act, mitigates responsibility or punishment, or otherwise improves the situation of a person who committed a criminal offense is retroactive, that is, it applies to persons who committed the relevant act before the introduction of such a law, including persons serving a sentence or who have served a sentence but have a criminal record.
If a new criminal law mitigates the criminality of an act for which a person is serving a sentence, then the imposed punishment is subject to reduction within the limits of the sanction of the newly issued criminal law.
A law that establishes the criminality or punishability of an act, increases responsibility or punishment, or otherwise worsens the situation of the person who committed this act is not retroactive.
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