"INSTITUTION OF MITIGATION OF PUNISHMENT IN THE CRIMINAL LEGISLATION OF THE ARAB REPUBLIC OF EGYPT"

This paper analyzes the institution of mitigation of punishment in the criminal legislation of the Arab Republic of Egypt, including retroactive effect of criminal law, sentencing for inchoated offences committed at the stage of attempt, sentencing taking into account mitigating and aggravating factors, the features of criminal liability of minors, the procedure for more lenient sentencing, offences with mitigated composition provided for by the Special Part of the Criminal Code of the Arab Republic of Egypt, issues of pardon and amnesty, mitigation of punishment and releasing from punishment for offences committed in complicity, probation, parole, provocation, some issues of criminal liability of legal persons, sentencing for offences committed in a state of insanity and diminished responsibility, sentencing in a plea agreement, the role of special laws and the Code of Criminal Procedure Law of the country in mitigating of criminal punishment, and as a final conclusion, provides proposals on the implementation of some of criminal law norms of the Arab Republic of Egypt to the Criminal Code of the Republic of Uzbekistan as well.