D.Ganbat MP makes statement regarding Law on Pardon

Ulaanbaatar /MONTSAME/ On August 14, Chairman of the standing committee on Legal affairs, MP D.Ganbat gave a comprehensive information to reporters regarding recently approved the Law on Pardon. In his statement, MP D.Ganbat said, the Law of Mongolia on Pardon was adopted by the State Great Khural (Parliament) on August 11, 2015. Persons committed crimes will be exempted from criminal liabilities, defendants from sentences, ones involved in administrative responsibilities from administrative penalties, and the pardons cover those crimes if were acted before 00:00 am of July 2, 2015. Moreover, 29 crimes committed by persons are not subjects to the law such as treason, espionage, assassination, armed riot, sabotage, homicide, kidnappings, human trafficking, illegal obtaining of human blood, tissue and other organs, hostage, rape, terrorism, terrorist financing, illegal manufacture, acquisition, storage, transportation, delivery and trade of narcotic and psychotropic medicines, reports the Press and Public Relations Department of the State Great Khural of Mongolia.