Azerbaijan to raise fines for violations of religion laws
BAKU – Azerbaijan plans to increase fines for violations of legislation on freedom of religion, Ali Huseynov, the chairman of the parliamentary committee on legal policy and state-building, said at a meeting of two parliamentary committees on Wednesday.
Huseynov said fines for rank-and-file citizens will rise six-fold, while those for officials - up to 16 times, according to the bill on amendments to the Administrative Violations Code.
It was also proposed to increase the penalty for violating the rules of establishment and activity of religious organizations.
Currently the penalties envisaged by the Administrative Violations Code are: for rank-and-file citizens - 100-300 manats, for officials - 200-500 manats. The new bill will increase these penalties up to 500-2000 manats and up to 7000-8000 manats respectively.
After discussions, the bill was sent to parliament.
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