Criminal Code of RA (Chapter 15 - Measures of medical enforcement)

Armenian Legislation

18.04.2003
Non official translation

Article 97. Grounds for application of medical enforcement measures.

1. The court can apply medical enforcement measures in relation to the person who:

1) committed the act envisaged in an article of the Special Part of this Code in an insane state.

2) Who after the committal of the crime develops such a mental disorder which makes assignment or implementation of the punishment impossible.

3) Who committed a crime in the state of limited sanity.

4) Who committed a crime and has been recognized as one in need of treatment against alcohol or drug addiction.

2. Medical enforcement measures in relation to persons mentioned in part 1 of this Article are assigned only when the mental disorder is related to the danger of inflicting other essential damage or to the danger for other persons or themselves.

3. The procedure of application of medical enforcement measures is established in the Criminal executive Code of the Republic of Armenia and other laws.

4. The court can submit necessary documents to health-care bodies in relation to the persons mentioned in part 1 of this Article whose mental state is not dangerous, to solve the issue of treatment of these people or sending them to neurological institutions.

Article 98. Types of medical enforcement measures.

1. The types of medical enforcement measures are:

1) outpatient supervision by psychiatrist and enforced treatment;

2) enforced treatment in general psychiatry hospitals;

3) enforced treatment in special psychiatry hospitals;

2. The court can assign in addition to punishment a outpatient supervision by psychiatrist and enforced treatment for those convicted for committal a crime in the state of mental disorder not ruling out sanity, but who need treatment against alcohol, drugs or mental disorder not ruling out sanity.

Article 99. Outpatient supervision by psychiatrist and enforced treatment.

Outpatient supervision by psychiatrist and enforced treatment can be assigned if the person in his mental state does not need to be admitted to a psychiatry hospital.

Article 100. Enforced treatment in psychiatry hospital.

1. Enforced treatment in psychiatry hospital can be assigned, if the state of mental disorder of the person requires treatment, care, such conditions of keeping and supervision which can be implemented only in a psychiatry hospital.

2. Enforced treatment in general psychiatry hospitals can be assigned in relation to the person who due to his mental state needs hospital treatment and supervision.

3. Enforced treatment in special psychiatry hospitals can be assigned in relation to the person whose mental state is dangerous for oneself and other persons or requires permanent supervision.

Article 101. Assignment, change and termination of enforced medical measures.

1. When assigning enforced medical measures the court takes into account the mental disorder of the person, the nature of committed act and the degree of danger for the society.

2. In case of the person

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