Kyrgyzstan

Article 68. Fine 

1. Fine is a punishment imposed by the court in monetary form in cases

the size and procedure established by this Code. 

2. The fine is calculated in terms of calculation.
3. The size fine is divided into six categories:

1) Category I: for minors – from 200 to 400 calculated indicators, 

for other individuals – from 600 to 1000 calculated indicators; 

2) II category: for minors – from 400 to 600 calculated indicators, 

for other individuals – from 1000 to 1400 calculated indicators; 

3) III category: for minors – from 600 to 800 calculated 

indicators, for other individuals – from 1400 to 1800 calculated indicators; 

4) IV category: for minors – from 800 to 1000 calculated 

indicators, for other individuals – from 1800 to 2200 calculated indicators; 

5) V category: for minors – from 1000 to 1200 calculated 

indicators, for other individuals – from 2200 to 2600 calculated indicators; 

6) VI category: for minors – from 1200 to 1400 calculated 

indicators, for other individuals – from 2600 to 3000 calculated indicators. 

4. A fine as an additional type of punishment is imposed by the court

only in cases provided for by the relevant articles of the Special Part 

of this Code, and is applied in an amount not more than half the size 

a monetary fine of the corresponding category. 

5. In case of non-payment within one month by the person of the fine imposed in

as the main type of punishment, the amount of the fine is doubled. Further, 

for more than two months, the court replaces the evasion of the payment of the fine 

fine imprisonment within the time limit provided for by the relevant 

article of the Special part of this Code, according to which the person is recognized 

guilty. If the sanction of the relevant article (part of the article) 

The special part of this Code does not provide for imprisonment, then 

the court replaces the fine with imprisonment of the 1st category 

 Article 70. Deprivation of liberty for a specified period 

1. Punishment in the form of imprisonment for a certain period consists in

compulsory isolation of the convict from society and placing him on 

the term set in the sentence to the institutions of the penal system. 

2. Deprivation of liberty is established for a period from six months to fifteen

years. 

3. Deprivation of liberty by terms of punishment is divided into six categories:

1) Category I: for minors – up to one year and six months, for 

other individuals – up to two years six months; 

2) II category: for minors – from one year six months to two 

years six months, for other individuals – from two years six months to five 

years; 

3) III category: for minors – from two years six months to 

four years, for other individuals – from five years to seven years six months; 

4) IV category: for minors – from four to six years, for others 

individuals – from seven years six months to ten years; 

5) V category: for minors – from six to eight years, for others 

individuals – from ten years to twelve years six months; 

6) VI category: for minors – from eight to ten years, for others 

individuals – from twelve years six months to fifteen years. 

4. In the event of a partial or complete addition of the terms of imprisonment for

sentencing for cumulative crimes and cumulative sentences 

the maximum term of imprisonment cannot be more than twenty years. 

5. Deprivation of liberty is served in the institutions of the penitentiary

systems. The place and conditions of serving the sentence are determined by the Criminal 

the executive code of the Kyrgyz Republic 

 Article 171. Trafficking in persons 

1. Trafficking in persons, that is, their recruitment, transportation, harboring, reception or transfer, carried out with their consent or without consent, by threat, use of force or other forms of coercion, blackmail, kidnapping, fraud, deceit, for the purpose of exploitation or other benefits or without it, –

shall be punished by imprisonment of category II. 

2. The same act committed:

1) in relation to two or more persons; 

2) in relation to a minor; 

3) by a group of persons by prior conspiracy; 

4) a person using his official position; 

5) with the transfer of the victim across the state border of the Kyrgyz Republic or his illegal retention abroad; 

6) in relation to a person who is in material or other dependence on the guilty party, – 

tackled by imprisonment of category III. 

3. The same act committed:

1) for the purpose of removing organs or tissues from a person for transplantation; 

2) in relation to a woman, known to the perpetrator in a state of pregnancy; 

3) in relation to the minor; 

4) with negligence of grievous harm, – 

shall be punished by imprisonment of category IV. 

4. The recruitment, transportation, harboring, reception or transfer of a minor or minor, carried out with or without consent, without the use of force or other forms of coercion, blackmail, kidnapping, fraud, deceit, for the purpose of exploitation or other gain or without it, –

shall  be punished by imprisonment of category II. 

Note. Recruitment is understood as the activity of individuals or legal entities in the search, selection, admission and hiring of people for material compensation for the performance of any work, the provision of services in the interests of the employer or other eggs. 

Exploitation is understood as coercion of individuals into prostitution or other forms of sexual exploitation, forced labor or services, slavery, participation in armed conflicts, including through the use of debt obligations, material or other dependence, as well as their forced labor. 

A person who is a victim of trafficking in persons shall be exempted from criminal liability for committing acts of a criminal offense, or a less serious crime, if he will assist law enforcement agencies in identifying and prosecuting the organizers, performers and co-executors of the trafficking process. 

 Article 173. Forced labor (slave labor) 

1. Compulsory use of labor by a person in respect of whom the powers of the right of ownership are exercised, if the person can not refuse to perform work (services) for reasons beyond his control –

Shall be punishable by a fine of II category or imprisonment of II category. 

2. The same act committed as follows:

1) knowingly in relation to a minor; 

2) with the use of blackmail, violence or threat with the use of such violence, which does not endanger life and health; 

3) withdrawal, concealment or destruction of identity documents of the victim, – 

Shall be punishable by a fine of III category or imprisonment of III category. 

3. Acts provided for in part 1 or 2 of this Article:

1) knowingly in relation to a minor; 

2) caused serious damage to health through negligence, – 

Shall be punishable by a fine of 4 categories and imprisonment of 4 categories. 

 Article 175. Abduction of a person for the purpose of marriage 

1. Abduction of a person for marriage against his will, -is punished with imprisonment of the III category.
2. The kidnapping of a person under the age of eighteen for entering into a de facto marriage relationship or to enter into marriage in spite of to his will, -is punished with imprisonment of the IV category with a fine of the IV category.

 Article 176. Compulsion to enter into actual marriage relations 

Coercion to enter into a de facto marital relationship with a person who is not 

who have reached the age of eighteen, -is punished with a fine of the VI category or imprisonment of the II category. 

 Article 177. Forcing a person to enter into marriage 

Coercion of a person to enter into marriage, as well as coercion to continue forced marriage, or forcing a person to enter into cohabitation without marriage, or coercion to continue such cohabitation, as well as preventing a person from entering into marriage, -are punished with a fine of the V category or imprisonment of the I category. 

 Article 178. Violation of the legislation on the age of marriage conducting religious ceremonies 

Parents (persons replacing them) of the person in respect of whom the religious ceremony for marriage, a person who performed a religious ceremony for marriage, as well as an adult in respect of whom was a religious ceremony was performed for marriage with a minor with violation of the legislation on the age of marriage, -are punished with imprisonment of the II category.

Article 124. Traffic in Persons  

(1) Trafficking, including recruiting, transport, harboring, reception, transfer, purchase and sale of a person or another unlawful transaction with or without such person’s consent, using force, blackmail, fraud, deception, kidnapping for the purpose of further exploitation or other interests, – 

shall be sentenced by 5 to 10 years of imprisonment with or with no property seizure.  

(2) The same act committed:  

1) towards several persons;  

2) towards a juvenile;  

3) repeatedly;  

4) under a preliminary group concert;  

5) abuse of power or position;  

6) towards a person materially or in other way dependent on the offender;  

7) with illegal exporting a person abroad or illegal importing a person from abroad;  

8) threading with or using non-hazardous violence;  

9) using forged documents, as well as with seizure, concealment or destruction of the victim’s identity documents,  

– shall be punishable by 8 to 15 years of imprisonment with property seizure.  

(3) The same act committed:  

1) with the purpose of removal of the person’s organs or tissues for transplantation;  

2) threading with or using hazardous violence;  

3) towards a knowingly pregnant woman;  

4) towards a juvenile;  

5) using arms or objects used as arms;  

6) in a manner threading many people’s lives and health;  

7) resulting in death of the person or other severe consequences through carelessness;  

8) by an organized group,  

– shall be punishable by 15 to 20 years of imprisonment with property seizure.  

Note: Exploitation means involvement of a person in criminal activities, forcing into prostitution or other sexual activities, forced labor or services, slavery, adoption for commercial purposes, or using in armed conflicts. A person that became a trafficking victim shall be exempted from criminal liability for actions considered criminal offences if such person assists law-enforcement bodies in identifying and making criminally liable of trafficking organizers, executors and participants. (As amended by the Kyrgyz Republic Laws of August 9, 2003, #193; January 5, 2006, #1) 

 Article 154. Contraction of Common-law Marriage with a Person under Age of Consent 

(1) Contraction of common-law marriage with a person under age of consent, – 

shall be sentenced by up to 3 years of imprisonment. 

2) Contraction of common-law marriage with a person under age of 16 or coercion into such relationships, – 

shall be sentenced by up to 5 years of imprisonment. 

(3) Kidnapping of a person under age of 16 for further contraction of common-law marriage, – 

shall be sentenced by 3 to 7 years of imprisonment.  

 Article 155. Coercion of a Woman into Marriage or Preventing from Marriage  

Coercion of a woman into marriage, continuation of marriage cohabitation, or kidnapping for further marriage contraction against her will, as well as preventing a woman from contracting marriage, – shall be punishable by a fine in the amount of 100 to 200 estimated rates, or up to three years of restricted liberty. 

Kyrgyzstan Criminal Code 2019-English-PDF. 

Article 2. Basic concepts used in this Code 

The following basic concepts are used in this Code: 

marriage is an equal union between a man and a woman, concluded at free and full consent of the parties in the manner prescribed by law, with the aim creating a family, giving rise to property and personal non-property relations between spouses; 

sham marriage – a marriage entered into without the intention of creating a family, for achieving any benefits arising from the fact of registration of marriage; 

marriageable age – the age upon reaching which a person has the right to marry; 

childhood – the legal status of persons who have not reached the age of majority; 

Article 13. Conditions for contracting a marriage 

1. For the conclusion of marriage, the mutual voluntary consent of the man and women getting married and their attainment of marriageable age.
2. A marriage cannot be contracted in the presence of the circumstances specified in article 15 of this Code.

Article 14. Age of marriage 

1. The age of marriage is set at eighteen years.
2. If there are valid reasons, the executive bodies of the local self-government at the place of residence of persons wishing to marry, have the right to the request of these persons to reduce the age of marriage for men and women by no more than one year on the basis of a commission opinion of the family and child support departments.

(Article 14 was amended in accordance with the Laws of the Kyrgyz Republic dated June 20, 2005 No. 80, July 26, 2011 No.147 

Article 28. Recognition of a marriage as invalid 

1. A marriage is declared invalid if the conditions established by Articles 13-15 and paragraph 3 of Article 16 of this Code, as well as in the case the conclusion of a fictitious marriage, that is, if the spouses or one of them registered marriage with no intention of starting a family.
2. A marriage is declared invalid by a court.
3. The court is obliged, within three days from the date of entry into force of the court decision on recognizing the marriage as invalid, send an extract from this court decision to the authority civil status records at the place of state registration marriage.
4. The marriage is declared invalid from the date of its conclusion (article 11 of this Of the Code).

Article 29. Persons who have the right to demand that a marriage be declared invalid 

1. To demand that a marriage be declared invalid:
2. a) minor spouse, his parents (persons replacing them), department for support of family and children or the prosecutor, if the marriage is concluded with a person who has not reached marriageable age, in the absence of permission to enter into marriage before reaching this person of marriageable age (Article 14 of this Code). After reaching a minor spouse of eighteen years of age to claim marriage recognition only this spouse has the right to be invalid;
3. b) the spouse whose rights are violated by the conclusion of marriage, as well as the prosecutor, if the marriage was concluded in the absence of the voluntary consent of one of the spouses to his conclusion: as a result of coercion, deception, delusion or impossibility in the strength of his condition at the time of state registration of marriage understand the meaning of their actions and lead them;
4. c) a spouse who did not know about the existence of circumstances preventing the imprisonment marriage, guardian of a spouse who has been declared incapacitated, spouse according to the previous unbroken marriage, other persons whose rights have been violated by marriage, produced in violation of the requirements Article 15 of this Code, as well as the department family and child support and prosecutor;
5. d) the prosecutor, as well as the spouse who did not know about the fictitiousness of marriage in the event of a conclusion fictitious marriage;
6. e) the spouse whose rights have been violated, in the presence of the circumstances specified in paragraph 3 of Article 16 of this Code.
7. When considering a case on invalidating a marriage concluded with a person who has not reached the marriageable age, as well as with a person recognized by the court incapacitated, the family and child support department is involved in the case.

Article 30. Circumstances eliminating the invalidity of marriage 

1. The court may recognize the marriage as valid if, at the time of the consideration of the case on the recognition of the marriage as invalid disappeared those circumstances that by virtue of the law obstructed his imprisonment.
2. The court may refuse a claim for invalidation of a marriage entered into with a person who has not reached the age of marriage, if this is required by the interests a minor spouse, as well as in the absence of his consent to the recognition of marriage invalid.
3. The court cannot recognize a marriage as fictitious if the persons who registered such marriage, before the case was considered by the court, they actually created a family.
4. The court cannot recognize a marriage as fictitious if the persons who registered such marriage, a child was born before the court hearing.
5. The marriage cannot be declared invalid after its dissolution, for except in cases where the spouses have a degree of kinship prohibited by law or the state of one of the spouses at the time of registration of marriage in the other unbroken marriage (Article 15 of this Code).

Article 56. Citizen’s Capacity  

1. A citizen’s ability to acquire and exercise civil rights through his actions, and to create for himself obligations and exercise them (civil capacity) shall arise to the full extent at the moment a citizen attains majority at the age of 18. 
2. If the law permits marriage before the age of 18, a citizen under the age of 18 shall have full capacity from the moment of acquiring married status. 

The full capacity acquired as a result of marriage, shall remain intact in the event the marriage is broken.  

In the event the marriage is invalidated, a court can make a decision on the loss of full capacity by an underage spouse under age from the moment determined by the court.  

3. All citizens shall have equal capacity unless otherwise provided by legislation.

Note: Establishes the institutional framework for responding to human trafficking, rather than specific crimes.  

 Article 1. Concepts used in this Law 

The victim of trafficking in persons is a person who has suffered from human trafficking, regardless of whether the person has consented to the recruitment, transportation, transfer, sale or other activities related to trafficking in persons; 

Forced labor – the performance of any work or provision of services under the threat of punishment, for the performance of which the person voluntarily did not give consent; 

Slavery – the condition or position of a person in respect of which some or all of the powers inherent in the right of ownership are exercised; 

Trafficking in human beings – recruiting, transporting, harboring, receiving, transferring, buying or selling a person or other illegal transaction with his consent or without consent, through coercion, blackmail, fraud, deception, kidnapping, exploitation or other benefits; 

Exploitation involving a person in criminal activity; Coercion of a person for prostitution or other forms of sexual activity, forced labor or services, slavery, adoption for commercial purposes, use in armed conflicts; 

 Article 29. Liability for Violation of the Legislation on Combating Trafficking in Human Beings  

1. Persons culpable of violation of the legislation on combating trafficking in human beings shall be liable according to the law.

In July 2012, the president signed into law a new Code on Children; Article 15 of which prohibits all forms of forced child labor (US TIP, 2013, p228). 

Kyrgyzstan Trafficking in Persons Law 2011-Russian-PDF.