AN OFFENCE OF MINOR SIGNIFICANCE IN SERBIAN CRIMINAL LAW ANDMACEDONIAN CRIMINAL LAW
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https://doi.org/10.46763/SCGW25112g37mAbstract
Under the Criminal Code of the Republic of Serbia, an offense of minor significance is not to be considered a criminal offence if the degree of culpability is not high, if the harmful consequences are absent or insignificant, and if the general purpose of criminal sanctions does not require imposing a criminal sanction. It may also be applied to criminal offenses which are punishable by a term of imprisonment of up to three years or a fine. These are the general conditions which have to be met to establish the existence of this offence. Such an offence does not constitute a criminal offense, either in the Serbian criminal law or in the Macedonian criminal law. In this paper, the authors analyze this criminal law institute in Serbian and Macedonian law, with specific reference to the judicial practice in the Republic of Serbia. One of the main aims of this paper is to examine how legal provisions are applied in judicial practice.
Keywords: offense of minor significance, criminal law, judicial practice, legislation.
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