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NATIONAL ASSEMBLY MAKES AMENDMEMT AND ADDITION TO LAW ON ENSURING SECURITY OF PERSONS SUBJECT TO SPECIAL STATE PROTECTION
Noyan Tapan
March 20, 2008
YEREVAN, MARCH 20, NOYAN TAPAN. The RA National Assembly on March
20 passed in second reading and completely the government-written
bill, by which an amendment and an addition are made to the current
Law on Ensuring the Security of Persons Subject to Special State
Protection. After the first reading, the bill has undergone partial
changes based on some proposals acceptable to the government.
Under the law, if a person subject to special state protection commits
an administrative offence or crime (illegal action), the head of the
group carrying out state protection is obliged to immediately inform
the person subject to special state protection that state protection
may be suspended during the illegal act committed by this person,
as well as he is obliged to immediately inform the head of the
authorized body about expediency of further protection. The acting
president, speaker of the National Assembly and the prime minister
make an exception. By the law, they are subject to state protection
during their term of office. If the person subject to special state
protection continues his/her illegal action after being informed, by
the decision of the head of the group carrying out state protection,
state protection may be suspended during this illegal action, while
in case of committing an administrative offence or crime once more,
state protection may stop.
The law envisages that persons subject to special state protection,
except for those holding the three above mentioned positions, may
temporaraily renounce state protection by informing in writing the head
of the authorized body about it. A retired president of the country,
who also has the right of personal lifelong state protection, may also
behave the same way. He may also renounce state protection for ever.
Noyan Tapan
March 20, 2008
YEREVAN, MARCH 20, NOYAN TAPAN. The RA National Assembly on March
20 passed in second reading and completely the government-written
bill, by which an amendment and an addition are made to the current
Law on Ensuring the Security of Persons Subject to Special State
Protection. After the first reading, the bill has undergone partial
changes based on some proposals acceptable to the government.
Under the law, if a person subject to special state protection commits
an administrative offence or crime (illegal action), the head of the
group carrying out state protection is obliged to immediately inform
the person subject to special state protection that state protection
may be suspended during the illegal act committed by this person,
as well as he is obliged to immediately inform the head of the
authorized body about expediency of further protection. The acting
president, speaker of the National Assembly and the prime minister
make an exception. By the law, they are subject to state protection
during their term of office. If the person subject to special state
protection continues his/her illegal action after being informed, by
the decision of the head of the group carrying out state protection,
state protection may be suspended during this illegal action, while
in case of committing an administrative offence or crime once more,
state protection may stop.
The law envisages that persons subject to special state protection,
except for those holding the three above mentioned positions, may
temporaraily renounce state protection by informing in writing the head
of the authorized body about it. A retired president of the country,
who also has the right of personal lifelong state protection, may also
behave the same way. He may also renounce state protection for ever.