The Bill on Amnesty has entered into force. Yesterday the Parliament at the extraordinary plenary session adopted this document with 83 votes.

The bill on Amnesty envisages a single-mannered and temporary remedy to release the convicts from the criminal responsibility and punishment who committed the crime before December 11, 2020. At that, the punishment of the convicts committing the crime stipulated under Article 260 of the Criminal Code and serving life imprisonment will be reduced to 20 years.

“There are about 1,500 prisoners who will be directly affected by the amnesty; the bill will also change the status of about 6,000 probationers, and 4,000 persons who have been fined by a court ruling before October 1, 2012. These fines are also subject to amnesty”, - said the Chair of the Human Rights and Civil Integration Committee Mikheil Sarjveladze.