CONTRACT BETWEEN THE REPUBLIC OF BELARUS AND REPUBLIC OF MOLDOVA

of September 24, 2014

About transfer of persons condemned to imprisonment for further serving sentence

The Republic of Belarus and the Republic of Moldova which are referred to as further with Contracting Parties

proceeding from the principles of the state sovereignty, equality and mutual respect,

being guided by the conventional principles and rules of international law and wishing to develop interstate cooperation in the field of execution of punishments,

considering that serving condemned punishments in the state which citizens they are, promotes more effective goal achievement of execution of the punishment, return of convicts to life in society,

being guided by the principles of humanity and respect of human rights,

agreed as follows:

Article 1 Determination of Terms

For goal achievement of this Agreement stated below terms mean:

1. "state of adjudgement" – The contracting Party which court pronounces sentence about condemnation of person to custodial sanction;

2. "state of execution of sentence" – The contracting Party which is given for further serving sentence the person condemned to imprisonment, who is her citizen;

3. "convict" – person condemned by court of one of Contracting Parties for crime execution to custodial sanction;

4. "close relatives" – persons who are those according to the legislation of each of Contracting Parties;

5. "legal representatives" – persons recognized as those according to the procedure, established by the legislation of each of Contracting Parties;

6. "competent authorities" – the bodies of Contracting Parties performing the decision on transfer of convicts;

7. "the central bodies":

in the Republic of Belarus – the Prosecutor General's Office,

in the Republic of Moldova – the Ministry of Justice.

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