A member of the State Duma Committee for Security and Anti-Corruption Ilya Kostunov has prepared amendments to the Criminal Procedure Code and the Criminal Code of Russia, aimed at the introduction of penalties for employees of medical and educational spheres, which incline customers to give illegal remuneration for their services.
As the author of the initiative, the current practice in the educational and medical institutions, when workers for the performance of their duties, which should be provided free of charge, require a certain fee, leading to a general negative consequences in these areas, reducing the quality of services and make exactions commonplace, which the state should not allow.
Actions doctor who speaks the patient that can qualitatively perform their duties only for a small material “Gift” today does not fall within the article for extortion and corruption and do not allow to punish workers for “knocking out” illegal remuneration, write “News” .Article 163 of the Criminal Code (“Extortion”) allows you to condemn only in cases where the requirements of the transmission of another’s property occur under the threat of violence or destruction or damage to another’s property, as well as under the threat of information that defames the victim and his family.
Deputy Ilya Kostunov noted that the rate of new article will only address cases compelled to give compensation and does not affect the voluntary desire of customers financially reward a doctor or a teacher.
« Actual extortion fees is widespread in many areas of our lives. Despite the unambiguous illegality of such practices, today there are no effective mechanisms to prevent and prosecute those responsible. Of course, if the person himself wants to make a gift to his doctor, the teacher of the child, the punishment for this one does not offer. This article applies only to those who are demanding compensation for the unlawful act or omission is significant for the victim, who in the case of non-receipt of money or other benefits or would refuse to provide services or would give it a lower quality than it should, “- said Kostunov .
The introduction of this article, according to the legislator, due to the reduced position of the Supreme Court of Russia, according to which can not be held for taking bribe the person claiming the transfer of illegal remuneration only for professional, not administrative functions – the treatment of the patient, student learning, etc.
«I propose to supplement Chapter 25 of the Criminal Code as a separate item,” illegal remuneration “. The penalty proposed is lower than for the giving or receiving a bribe, for malfeasance. Punishing offer multiple fines and the prohibition to hold certain positions. In the case of non-payment – to replace the real term of imprisonment, “- said Kostunov.
Over the requirement to transfer illegal remuneration is offered, according to the document, punishable by a fine up to 50 times the illegal remuneration with disqualification to hold certain positions up to 3 years, or community service, or imprisonment for up to 4 years. Over the requirement to transfer illegal remuneration in a significant amount of MP proposes to punish by a fine of up to 70 times the amount of illegal remuneration to the three-year excommunication from the profession or imprisonment for up to 5 let.V currently a bill sent to the Supreme Court and the government for formal review after reception which it will be submitted to the State Duma.
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