Ulaanbaatar
The Cabinet to Submit Draft Law to Tighten Sentencing for Crimes Committed against Minors
Politics
Ulaanbaatar, October 11, 2023 /MONTSAME/. At its regular meeting held on October 11, 2023, the Cabinet discussed the draft amendment to the Criminal Law and decided to submit it to the State Great Khural.
The amendment provides for tougher punishment for crimes
committed against minors including increasing the statute of
limitations, not allowing pardons and early release from prison (on parole),
and increasing the maximum prison term.
The draft law reflected that the statute of limitations for crimes committed
against minors to be increased from 20 to 30 years, except for life sentence crimes
(the statute of limitations period is not considered) and murder of a minor,
rape of a minor, sexual exploitation of a minor and human trafficking not to be
subject to pardon or to be released on parole and the maximum term of
imprisonment to be increased from 20 years to 25 years. The age limit for
minors, indicated in the Criminal Code being 14 has been drafted to be 16 years
old.
The penalty in the form of a fine for disclosure of the
secrets of the investigation process for officials and employees is to be
abolished, and the prison term for such crime will be increased to 1-5 years whereas
it is 6 months to 3 years currently.
