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LAW OF THE AZERBAIJAN REPUBLIC

of December 30, 2025 No. 335-VIIQD

About introduction of amendments to the Criminal code of the Azerbaijan Republic, the Code of Administrative Offences of the Azerbaijan Republic, the Laws of the Azerbaijan Republic "About protection of historical and cultural monuments" and "About culture"

Millie Majlis of the Azerbaijan Republic, being guided by Items 1, 13 and 17 parts I of article 94 of the Constitution of the Azerbaijan Republic, decides:

Article 1. In the Criminal code of the Azerbaijan Republic (The collection of the legislation of the Azerbaijan Republic, 2000, No. 4 (the Book II), Article 251 (volume I) makes the following changes; in the Criminal code of the Azerbaijan Republic (The collection of the legislation of the Azerbaijan Republic, 2000, No. 4 (the Book II), Article 251 (volume I)); in the Criminal code of the Azerbaijan Republic (The collection of the legislation of the Azerbaijan Republic, 2024, No. 1, of Article 8, of 18, No. 3, Article 250, No. 7, Article 772, No. 11, article 1189, No. 12 (the Book II), Articles 1330, of 1350, of 2025, No. 1, Article 1, No. 2, of Article 98, of 99, No. 3, of Article 217, of 221, No. 4 (the book I), Article 322, No. 5, Article 434, No. 6, Article 538, No. 7, of Article 607, of 626, No. 11, Article 1013) to make the following changes:

1.1. In Article 99-4.5 after numbers "244-1" to add number "246, 246-1";

1.2. State Article 246 in the following edition:

"Article 246. Intentional damage or destruction of objects of cultural heritage

246.1. Intentional damage of the movable or immovable objects of cultural heritage which are under protection of the state if it is made with significant damage -

it is punished by penalty in the amount of, not exceeding the double extent of the damage caused as a result of crime or restriction of freedom for a period of up to two years, or imprisonment for the same term.

246.2. Intentional destruction of the movable objects of cultural heritage which are under protection of the state -

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