Особливості кваліфікації кримінальних правопорушень, вчинених в умовах воєнного стану та особливого періоду

Abstract

The article is concerned on the analysis of peculiarities of criminal offenses committed in the conditions of martial law. Provisions of the criminal legislation which stipulates features of criminal offenses in the conditions of martial law and special period have been analyzed. Specifics of criminal offenses qualification (when martial law is both a mandatory feature of the objective side of the main composition of the criminal offense and an optional one) have been considered. It has been stated that the period of time during which a special legal regime of martial law applies determines the time of commission of the criminal offense, and such period thereby limits the place or circumstances of commission if martial law is imposed on the entire territory of Ukraine or in certain localities. Criminal offenses in which the commission of an act under martial law is a qualifying and especially qualifying feature include: failure to comply with the order; resistance to the superior or forcing him to violate official duties; threat or violence against the superior; unauthorized leaving of a military unit or place of service; desertion; evasion of military service by self-mutilation or otherwise; violation of the statutory rules of the guard service or patrol; violation of the statutory rules of combat duty; violation of the statutory rules of the internal service; abuse of power or official position by a military official, etc. The commission of any criminal offense using the conditions of martial law may be considered by the court as an aggravating circumstance. If any of the aggravating circumstances is provided for in the article or part of the article of the Special Part of the Criminal Code as a qualifying or especially qualifying feature of a criminal offense, the court may not take it into account once again when sentencing as an aggravating circumstance. If a person used the terms of martial law in committing other criminal offenses, such as criminal offenses against property, court may consider this as an aggravating circumstance when sentencing.