The Constitutional Court Has Issued a Statement

The Constitutional Court, having examined the case regarding the compliance of the Law on the Confiscation of Illegally Obtained Property with the Constitution based on the application of at least one-fifth of the members of the National Assembly of the Republic of Armenia, has today published its decision on the aforementioned case. This decision will be published on the official website of the Constitutional Court in accordance with the legal procedures and timelines.

Below is the concluding part of decision СДО-1776:

“... Based on the results of the case examination and guided by parts 1 and 2 of Article 167, part 1 of Article 168, part 2 of Article 169, and parts 1 and 2 of Article 170 of the Constitution, as well as Articles 63, 64, and 68 of the constitutional law on the Constitutional Court, the Constitutional Court DECIDED:

1. The 5th part of Article 1, points 5 and 6 of the Law on the Confiscation of Illegally Obtained Property, in conjunction with part 1 of Article 24 of the same law, is in accordance with the Constitution, interpreting that the property subject to confiscation under the Law on the Confiscation of Illegally Obtained Property is that which has been acquired after the relevant official has assumed office.
2. Points 1-4 of part 1 of Article 5 of the Law on the Confiscation of Illegally Obtained Property, in conjunction with part 1 of Article 24 of the same law, are in accordance with the Constitution, interpreting that the property subject to confiscation is that which is related to the relevant offense.
3. The remaining provisions of the Law on the Confiscation of Illegally Obtained Property disputed by the Applicant are in accordance with the Constitution based on the abstract check of compliance with the Constitution conducted within the frameworks of the arguments presented.
4. According to part 2 of Article 170 of the Constitution, this decision is final and comes into force from the moment of publication.”