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Government abolishes criminal proceedings for avoiding military service
Belgrade,
15 December 2005
Serbian Minister of Diaspora Vojislav Vukcevic said today that the government adopted at its session today the Bill on amnesty in regards to military service, according to which criminal proceedings against approximately 2,500 men will be abolished. Since October 7, 2000 until the present, these proceedings were started against men who avoided obligatory military service in the Serbian Army.
Vojislav Vukcevic at today's press conference
At a press conference following the government session, Vukcevic said that the Bill will be forwarded to the parliament for emergency adoption, and will come in force a day after its publication in the Official Herald.
He explained that the Bill envisages that those who have not responded to the summons and avoided this service in the stated period will be exempted from any responsibility before the court, and in case they are sentenced, the sentence will not be enforced.
Those currently serving a term for avoiding the military service will be released and their names erased from records in case any such were documented.
According to this Bill, initiated by the ministries of Diaspora and of Justice, Serbs living and working in Serbia and those living abroad are considered to be of equal status before the court.
Vukcevic recalled that for persons who avoided the military service and were subjected to criminal proceedings before October 7, 2000, the Law on Amnesty passed by the government of the former Yugoslavia has been applied.
He voiced hope that the law on amnesty will come into force before the year's end, so that Serbian citizens abroad, on whom this law will apply, could be able to spend the upcoming holiday in Serbia.
He explained that the Bill envisages that those who have not responded to the summons and avoided this service in the stated period will be exempted from any responsibility before the court, and in case they are sentenced, the sentence will not be enforced.
Those currently serving a term for avoiding the military service will be released and their names erased from records in case any such were documented.
According to this Bill, initiated by the ministries of Diaspora and of Justice, Serbs living and working in Serbia and those living abroad are considered to be of equal status before the court.
Vukcevic recalled that for persons who avoided the military service and were subjected to criminal proceedings before October 7, 2000, the Law on Amnesty passed by the government of the former Yugoslavia has been applied.
He voiced hope that the law on amnesty will come into force before the year's end, so that Serbian citizens abroad, on whom this law will apply, could be able to spend the upcoming holiday in Serbia.
Milan Parivodic
Serbian Minister of International Economic Relations Milan Parivodic stressed the significance of this bill, because it will enable many talented young men to return to Serbia.
He said that the government also adopted today the Bill on special authorisations for effective protection of the right to intellectual property which aims to give clearly defined authorisations to all supervisory services in Serbia and thus help to prevent violations of the right to intellectual property.
Parivodic pointed out that the market and other supervisory agencies will have the authority to immediately confiscate goods with a fake designer name, design or patent, if they judge that the right to intellectual property has been breached.
He voiced expectation that this Bill will pass the parliamentary procedure in two to three months, and appealed to all shopkeepers who violate the law by selling this type of goods to sell it out as soon as possible and stop purchasing additional quantities.
According to Parivodic, the government also adopted a Decree on the types of pollution, criteria for determining the fine for polluting the environment, and the amount of fines and the way they will be collected.
He pointed out that this Decree supplements the Law on Environmental Protection, adding that it specifies the criteria on which the government will determine taxes for polluters.
He said that the government also adopted today the Bill on special authorisations for effective protection of the right to intellectual property which aims to give clearly defined authorisations to all supervisory services in Serbia and thus help to prevent violations of the right to intellectual property.
Parivodic pointed out that the market and other supervisory agencies will have the authority to immediately confiscate goods with a fake designer name, design or patent, if they judge that the right to intellectual property has been breached.
He voiced expectation that this Bill will pass the parliamentary procedure in two to three months, and appealed to all shopkeepers who violate the law by selling this type of goods to sell it out as soon as possible and stop purchasing additional quantities.
According to Parivodic, the government also adopted a Decree on the types of pollution, criteria for determining the fine for polluting the environment, and the amount of fines and the way they will be collected.
He pointed out that this Decree supplements the Law on Environmental Protection, adding that it specifies the criteria on which the government will determine taxes for polluters.
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