''Section III. About punishment Chapter 9. Concept, purposes of punishment and kinds of punishments Article 57. Life imprisonment''

57.1. Life imprisonment is determined only for commitment of serious crimes against the peace and security of humanity, war crimes, crimes against the individuality, public security and public security and government.

57.2. Life imprisonment is not appointed to women, persons, which at the moment of commitment of a crime did not reached age of eighteen, and also to the men who have reached to the moment of removal by court of a decision age of sixteen.

57.3. The court, taking into account the valid served period by condemned which is not less than twenty five years' of punishment period in life imprisonment, as well as not committing by condemned a deliberate crime serving punishment and coming to a conclusion about loss of necessity of the further serving of punishment, can replace life imprisonment by imprisonment with the certain term or conditionally - prescheduled to release him from this punishment.

57.4. Punishment as life imprisonment can be replaced with imprisonment for up to ten years, according to the article 57.3 of the present Code. (, , ).