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Penal Code Amendment Act (offenses against national defence)

tagasi voetudEstonia· Riigikogu· ET

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2 December 2019

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2 December 2019

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In the form of defense service offenses, it is a special type of offense against the state, which is directed against the organization of the military state defense and the discipline of the defense forces. Mistakes against the Defense Forces and the defense order can paralyze the country's military readiness, make it difficult to defend the country, pose a threat to the rights and interests of the country or individuals protected by law, or endanger the international military obligations of the Estonian state. fulfillment. The purpose of the amendments is to ensure that the punishments prescribed for offenses related to military service and offenses against the state's defense capability have a preventive effect both during a state of emergency and a state of war, as well as during a defense situation being created and during mobilization, demobilization, as well as crimes committed outside the territory of the Republic of Estonia by a person participating in an international military operation. in relation to offenses related to military service. The provisions of the Penal Code, which provide for a heavier punishment (aggravating circumstance of composition) for an act committed during a state of emergency and a state of war, also for acts committed during a state of defense, mobilization, demobilization and outside the territory of the Republic of Estonia by a person participating in an international military operation (eavesdropping, Defense Forces seizure of power, disclosure of state secrets and classified foreign information, failure to comply with a mobilization order and evasion of military service, and abandoning a sinking warship). In addition, other changes will be made to offenses related to military service and offenses against the state's defense capability, so that they are in line with the previously made changes in the regulation of professional crimes and the principles of the revision of criminal law (for example, eliminating duplicative formations, waiving the prejudice of a misdemeanor).

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