Contravention Code

The Contravention Code contains legal norms establishing general and special principles and norms of law relating to contraventions, defines acts constituting contraventions, and establishes proceedings for contraventions and punishments for contraventions.

The purpose of the law on contravention is to protect the rights and legitimate interests of individuals, protect property, public order, and other legally protected values when considering contraventions, as well as to prevent the commission of new contraventions.

An contravention is a culpable unlawful act (action or inaction) that poses less of a social danger than a crime that infringes on legally protected values, provided for by this code and punishable in accordance with the established liability for the contravention.

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