Supreme Soviet of the Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic

“ In the event of the commission of a crime by a person who abuses alcoholic beverages, and who as a result has placed his family in a difficult material position, the court, in addition to assigning punishment for the crime committed, when such punishment does not involve deprivation of freedom, shall have the right, at the petition of a social organisation, collective of workers, comrades' court, to establish surveillance over such person. ”

“ The performance of an obligation to make restitution for damage done consists in the direct elimination of the damage by one's own resources, restitution for material damage in one's own funds, or a public apology to the injured party or to members of a collective in a form prescribed by the court. ”

“ Deductions from the earnings of a person convicted to corrective labor without deprivation of freedom are withheld in an amount fixed by sentence of the court, ranging from five to 20 percent of the earnings, and transferred to the state.
In the case of persons considered to have lost their working capacity, the court may replace corrective labor with a fine, public censure, or imposition of an obligation to make restitution for damage done. ”

“ If a person sentenced to deprivation of freedom, corrective labor, exile, banishment, or transfer to disciplinary battalion demonstrates the fact of his reformation by exemplary behavior and an honorable attitude toward labor, the court may, after he has actually served no less than one-half of the sentence assigned, order his conditional pre-term release from punishment are the substitution of a less severe penalty for the unserved portion of the sentence. ”

“ In time of war the execution of a sentence involving deprivation of freedom pronounced with respect to a person in military service, or a person subject to mobilization or being called up for service, may be deferred by the court until the termination of hostilities, and the convicted person may be put on active service. ”

“ A person who after committing a crime or during the serving of a sentence hes contracted a mental illness depriving him of the possibility of realizing the significance of his actions, or of controlling this, may, after his recovery, be assigned a penalty by the court, provided the period of limitation has not run, and provided there are no other grounds for exempting him from criminal liability and punishment. ”

“ A person who has committed a crime may be exempted from punishment if it is acknowledged that by reasons of his subsequent irreproachable behavior and honorable altitude toward labor, the person may not, by the time of the trial, be considered socially dangerous. ”

“ When sentencing a person who was under 18 years of age at the time of commission of the crime, the period of deprivation of freedom shall not exceed ten years.
Adult persons condemned to deprivation of freedom serve their sentences in a corrective labor colony or in prison. Minors serve their sentences in a labor colony for minors. ”

“ Placement in a psychiatric hospital of the special type may be designated by the court with respect to a mentally ill person who, by reason of his mental state and the character of the socially dangerous act he has committed, represents a special danger to society. ”