Criminal Code: Second Reading

Deputies of the Committee on Legislation, Protection of Rights and Freedoms of Citizens prepared law-in-draft to improve the Criminal Code for consideration in the second reading, which deals with the confiscation of cars from drivers who repeatedly get behind the wheel while intoxicated and violate traffic rules. The Committee deputies have prepared an amendment that specifies that the vehicle owned by the convicted person and used by him to commit the crime will be subject to confiscation. The amendments to the Criminal Code proposed by the PMR President were adopted by the Supreme Council in the first reading on the 2nd of October. The tightening of penalties will affect those who have already received an administrative penalty for driving a car while intoxicated or have a criminal record for committing a crime that resulted in serious bodily harm or death of a person, or those who have been deprived of the right to drive a car and have a criminal record for committing a crime that resulted in serious bodily harm or death of a person.