Правовая регламентация, практика назначения и исполнения наказания, предусмотренного статьей 47 Уголовного кодекса РФ

Российский юридический журнал. 2021. № 6. С. 41–54.

Karavaeva Y.

The ambiguity of the legal regulation of the grounds for the appointment of such a special punishment as deprivation of the right to hold certain positions or engage in certain activities is stated; the inconsistency of the positions of the highest court in terms of the interpretation of these grounds is noted. The analysis of judicial practice shows that the courts do not see obstacles to the appointment of deprivation of the right to hold certain positions or engage in certain activities for crimes whose commission is not related to the position or activity of the guilty person; this practice levels the punitive and preventive potential of this type of punishment, causes difficulties in its execution, and therefore the doctrine makes proposals to exclude it from the list of punishments. The author recommends limiting the discretionary powers of the court on the application of Article 47 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation, explicitly stating in the law the need to establish the connection of the committed crime with the position or special activity that is prohibited. It is also proposed to include the type of punishment in question in the sanctions of the norms of the Special Part of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation, providing for responsibility for crimes whose commission is related to the position or activity of the perpetrator, and exclude it from the sanctions of the norms, from the content of which the conclusion that there is such a connection does not follow.

Keywords: судебное усмотрение, Judicial Discretion, special types of punishments, специальные виды наказаний, deprivation of the right to hold certain positions or engage in certain activities, лишение права занимать определенные должности или заниматься определенной деятельностью