FEDERAL LAW OF THE RUSSIAN FEDERATION

of December 20, 2017 No. 412-FZ

About introduction of amendments to articles 245 and 258.1 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation and Articles 150 and 151 of the Code of penal procedure of the Russian Federation

Accepted by the State Duma on December 13, 2017

Approved by the Federation Council on December 15, 2017

Article 1

Bring in the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation (The Russian Federation Code, 1996, No. 25, Art. 2954; 2003, No. 50, Art. 4848; 2009, No. 52, Art. 6453; 2010, No. 19, Art. 2289; 2011, No. 50, Art. 7362; 2013, No. 27, Art. 3442) following changes:

Article 245 to state 1) in the following edition:

"Article 245. Animals abuse

1. Animal abuse for the purpose of causing to it pain and (or) sufferings, and is equal from hooligan motives or from mercenary motives, entailed his death or mutilation, -

it is punished by penalty at the rate to eighty thousand rubles or in the amount of the salary or other income of the convict for the period up to six months, or obligatory works for a period of up to three hundred sixty hours, or corrective works for a period of up to one year, or restriction of freedom for a period of up to one year, or arrest for a period of up to six months, or imprisonment for a period of up to three years.

2. Same act, committed:

a) group of persons, group of persons by previous concert or organized group;

b) in the presence of the juvenile;

c) using sadistic methods;

d) with public demonstration, including in mass media or information and telecommunication networks (including Internet network);

e) concerning several animals, -

it is punished by penalty at the rate from hundred thousand to three hundred thousand rubles or in the amount of the salary or other income of the convict for the period from one to two years, or corrective works for a period of up to two years, or forced labor for a period of up to five years, or imprisonment for a period of three up to five years.";

Part the second Article 258.1 to state 2) in the following edition:

"2. The acts provided by part one of this Article committed:

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