Issues of Discharging from Criminal Liability for Fictitious Registration
Abstract
The article analyses the practice of discharging persons from criminal liability for fictitious registration of Russian citizens at the place of stay or place of residence in residential premise in Russia or fictitious registration of foreign citizen or the person without citizenship at the place of residence in residential premise in Russia, nor for fictitious registration of foreign citizens or persons without citizenship by place of residence in residential premise in Russia. The main goal of the article lies in reasoned answer to the question: what actions should a person commit to be recognized as a contribution to solving crimes, as stipulated in Article 322.2 or Article 322.3 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation? To achieve this goal, the article examines the current law enforcement practices and opinions of scientists, compares all the commentaries to the articles of the Special Part of the RF Criminal Code, which referred to the contribution to solving a crime. Key findings of the paper are the following: 1) for discharging from criminal liability of persons on the basis of notes to Articles 322.2 and 322.3 of the Criminal Code it is necessary to consider only their actions taken prior to the initiation of the criminal case; 2) Communication of reliable information when giving explanations to the law enforcement authorities and giving consent to the inspection of the dwelling during the inspection under Article 144 of the Criminal Procedure Code of the Russian Federation are sufficient grounds for the mandatory discharge of persons from criminal liability under Article 322.2 and Article 322.3 of the Criminal Code; 3) reference to part 2 of Article 28 of the Code when discharging a person from criminal responsibility under the notes to Article 322.2 or Article 322.3 of the Criminal Code is forced and wrong (part 2 of Article 28 of the Code of Criminal Procedure applies only to grave crimes, especially grave ones), but the law does not provide for any more or less suitable norms; 4) for the solution of the procedural problems, the Criminal Procedure Code must include other grounds for the termination of criminal proceedings — commentaries to the articles of the Special part of the Criminal Code.
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