The Cabinet of Ministers approved a ban on people with criminal cases in the past to become bailiffs

People on whom criminal proceedings have been instituted and closed in connection with compensation for damage will be prohibited from becoming bailiffs. Such amendments to the law "On service in the enforcement agencies" were developed by the Ministry of Justice. On Monday, January 27, the amendments were approved by the Government Commission on Legislative Activity (the document is at the disposal of Izvestia), as reported by the editorial board's sources in the Cabinet.

The bill is designed to improve legal regulation related to service in the enforcement agencies, the explanatory note says. According to the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation, a person who has committed a crime for the first time in certain categories of cases in the sphere of economic activity may be released from criminal responsibility in connection with the compensation of damage.

Also, persons who committed a crime of small or medium gravity for the first time can get the case dismissed. They are assigned a judicial fine on condition of compensation of damage.

In particular, we are talking about tax crimes, as well as fraud, embezzlement, causing property damage by deception, illegal entrepreneurship, illegal trafficking of metals and other compositions.

Changes will also affect the order of dismissal of employees from service. We are talking about legal proceedings and measure of restraint.

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Service without judicial: with criminal cases in the past will not be taken in bailiffs