A new Criminal Code took effect on 1 September 1998, replacing the code adopted in 1961 and its intervening amendments.[1] Its commencement resolution also required courts to reconsider earlier sentences where the new rules removed criminal liability or reduced punishment.[1] A separate general drug-control law followed in December 1999.[2]
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References
- Tajikistan — Criminal Code, consolidated through 17 December 2025, WIPO Lex2025 · Russian text, articles 200–205, pp. 98–104; annex reference and adoption/commencement instruments, pp. 201–202; quantity tables not reproduced in this PDF
- Tajikistan Drug Control Agency — drug law consolidated through 20192020 · Published 9 April 2020; Law 873 of 10 December 1999, amended through 2019; definitions, articles 4, 8–10, 15–19 and commencement resolutionarchived
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