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FEDERAL LAW OF THE RUSSIAN FEDERATION

of April 20, 2015 No. 103-FZ

About introduction of amendments to article 14 of the Penal Code of the Russian Federation and separate legal acts of the Russian Federation

Accepted by the State Duma on April 10, 2015

Approved by the Federation Council on April 15, 2015

Article 1

Bring in article 14 of the Penal Code of the Russian Federation (The Russian Federation Code, 1997, No. 2, Art. 198; 2003, No. 50, Art. 4847; 2009, No. 52, Art. 6453; 2011, No. 50, Art. 7362) following changes:

Part the fourth to state 1) in the following edition:

"4. To convicts to forced labor, arrest, content in disciplinary military unit or to imprisonment at their request the priests belonging to the religious associations registered in accordance with the established procedure at the choice of convicts are invited. Personal meetings are provided without restriction of their number with duration till two o'clock everyone with observance acting in the territory of the organization performing punishment, regulations in the presence of the representative of administration of organization. According to the statement of the convict and from written consent of the priest the personal meeting, including for holding religious practices and ceremonies, is provided alone and outside the audibility of the third parties with use of technical means of video surveillance. In the organizations performing punishments, holding religious practices and ceremonies, use of cult objects and religious literature is allowed to convicts. For this purpose the administration of the specified organizations in the presence of opportunity allocates the respective building (construction, the room) in the territory of the organization performing punishment and provides the corresponding conditions determined by agreements on interaction with the centralized religious organizations registered in accordance with the established procedure.";

To add 2) with part chetvertoy.1 the following content:

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