Parliament proposes criminal responsibility for acquisition of personal information
By Nigar Abbasova
The Azerbaijani parliament considered several amendments during its plenary session on May 10.
Parliamentarians propose to make amendments to the list of activities violating personal immunity. The law in effect envisages criminal responsibility for the deed. The amendment is proposed to the Criminal Code.
In accordance with the proposed amendment, acquisition of personal information by means of controlled unmanned devices will be regarded as violation of personal immunity. The amendment is aimed at the protection provision of personal life from outside interference.
The current law envisages a penalty should the deed is committed by an executive with the use of controlled unmanned devices. In accordance with the amendment proposed to the Criminal Code the punishment for the deed will be disqualification from holding certain positions for the term of up to two years, and arrest in certain cases.
The current Criminal code envisages fining at the rate of from 100 to 500 manats or corrective work for the term of up to one year for illegal information gathering about individuals, which is considered to be their personal or family secret, information dissemination, sale or transfer of the informative videos, photographs, and audio tracks. The amendment specifies that the penalty for the deed is disqualification from holding certain positions for the term of up to three years, and arrest with the term of up to two years in certain cases should the above mentioned act is committed by an executive.
The postponement of military service for students of master’s or doctorate degree courses is no longer under consideration. The parliamentary committee on science has excluded from the bill on science a clause on assigning a delay from military service for students of master's and doctor's degree courses.
Isa Habibbeyli, parliamentary committee chairman on the issues of science and education and vice-president of Azerbaijan National Academy of Sciences (ANAS), said that the amendment was excluded from the draft law taking into consideration escalation of the tension on the frontline between Azerbaijan and Armenia. “It is inappropriate to allow for postponing military service while the country is under war conditions,” Habibeyli said.
The article of the law on military service that allowed postponing military service for students of Master’s and Doctorate degree programs was abolished in 2006. The law in effect specifies that bachelors are eligible to continue their education on the mentioned programs only after military service.
The legislation on science was adopted in the first reading but it was mentioned that it requires improvement. New improved version of the legislation has been included on agenda of the plenary session which is scheduled for May 17.
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