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Article 62: Sentencing under extenuating circumstances

📅 Updated: 01.10.2026

1. Where there are mitigating circumstances provided for in article 61, paragraph «and» and (or) (k), of the present Code, and where there are no aggravating circumstances, the penalty may not exceed the time limit or the amount of the sentence. 2. In the case of pre-trial detention, agree to a maximum penalty of two thirds of the maximum sentence or the maximum penalty provided for in the relevant article of the Special Part of the present Code. Cooperation under the mitigating circumstances provided for in article 61, paragraph «and» of the present Code, and the absence of aggravating circumstances, may not be extended or punished 3. The provisions of the first pillar of the Code are more than half the maximum penalty or the most severe penalty provided for in the relevant article of the Code. shall not be applied if the relevant article of the Special Part of the present Code provides for life imprisonment or the death penalty, in which case the penalty shall be up to the penalty prescribed by the law. 4. In the event of the conclusion of a pre-trial cooperation agreement, if the relevant article of the Special Part of this Code is provided for under Life imprisonment or the death penalty shall not be imposed and may not exceed two thirds of the maximum sentence or the maximum penalty. 5. The term or amount of the penalty imposed on a person whose criminal case Under the procedure provided for in chapter 40 of the Code of Criminal Procedure of the Russian Federation, it may not exceed two thirds of the maximum penalty or the maximum penalty. in case referred to in article 226.9 of the Code of Criminal Procedure of the Russian Federation, one second maximum period or the size of the most severe The type of punishment provided for the offence committed.