Open AccessILLEGAL TURNOVER OF OFFICIAL DOCUMENTS: CRIMINAL LEGAL ASPECT
Author(s) -
Стяжкина Светлана Александровна
Publication year - 2019
Publication title -
vestnik udmurtskogo universiteta. èkonomika i pravo
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2413-2446
pISSN - 2412-9593
DOI - 10.35634/2412-9593-2019-29-6-892-898
Subject(s) - criminal code , paragraph , political science , law , russian federation , criminal liability , liability , subpoena , circulation (fluid dynamics) , criminal law , business , engineering , economic policy , aerospace engineering
The article discusses the issues of criminal liability for encroachments on the procedure of official document circulation. The concept and features of a document and an official document as subjects of criminal law protection are analyzed in detail. Criteria are proposed for distinguishing between a document and an official document, as well as the classification of documents. Particular attention is paid to the analysis of amendments to Article 327 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation, made in the summer of 2019, which provide for responsibility for the falsification, production or circulation of fake documents, state awards, stamps, seals or letterheads. The article examines in detail the objective features of the elements of crimes encroaching on official documents, which include the acquisition, sale, stealing, destruction, damage, concealment, as well as forgery of official documents, the sale of fake official documents and their use. The issues of the subjective side of these crimes are considered. The article also focuses on the problems of delimiting the use of obviously fake official documents, the responsibility for which is provided for in paragraph 4 of Article 327 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation from crimes, where the use of fake documents acts as a means of committing a crime, such as fraud, illegal obtaining a loan, etc. Suggestions are made on the appropriateness amending a number of articles of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation, providing for liability for encroachment on official documents.