(2017) 1 Visn. Nac. akad. prokur. Ukr. 62–69
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Title of the article	A Special Kind of Exemption from Criminal Liability for Committing Treason: Problems of Interpretation and Application
Author(s)	ZOYA ZAHYNEY Doctor of Law, Docent, head, department of scientific-methodological support of prosecutor’s activity in the sphere of corruption counteraction and prevention, Scientific and Research Institute, National Prosecution Academy of Ukraine, trostuk@ukr.net
Short title of the journal (ISSN)	Visn. Nac. akad. prokur. Ukr.
Year	2017
Issue	1
Pages	[62–69]
Language	Ukrainian
Abstract	The problem of interpretation and enforcement in the case of a special person’s release from criminal liability in connection with the commission of high treason. Discrepancy between the wording of the composition signs of high treason and general approach to the possibility of exemption from criminal liability in the case of a completed crime with one of the conditions for such exemption. Proposed rule to overcome the respective legal conflict and the rule of interpretation prohibiting the criminal law.
Keywords	a special kind of exemption from criminal responsibility; conditions of exemption from criminal responsibility; treason; voluntary renunciation of unfinished crime; preparation of a crime; the incentive rate; interpretation; qualification.
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