Application of the Death Penalty
1. The death penalty is a special form of punishment applicable only to offenders committing particularly serious crimes belonging to one of the following categories: crimes infringing upon national security, crimes infringing upon human life, drug-related crimes, corruption crimes, and other particularly serious crimes as prescribed by this Code.
2. The death penalty shall not apply to offenders under 18 years of age at the time of commission of the crime, pregnant women, women nursing children under 36 months of age, or persons aged 75 years or older at the time of commission of the crime or at the time of trial.
3. The death sentence shall not be executed in the following cases:
a) Pregnant women or women nursing children under 36 months of age;
b) Persons aged 75 years or older;
c) Persons suffering from terminal-stage cancer.
4. In the cases specified under Clause 3 of this Article, or where the convict is granted clemency, the death penalty shall be commuted to life imprisonment.
Legal basis:
Article 40 of the Criminal Code 2015;
Clause 1, Article 1 of the Law amending the Criminal Code 2025.
