Criminal and administrative liability

What liability applies for petty hooliganism?

Huquqchi legal team

Petty hooliganism brings administrative liability: a fine of three to five times the base calculation amount (BHM), or administrative arrest for up to fifteen days. The court or the internal affairs body hears the case, and only the court imposes administrative arrest. You can appeal the decision.

What counts as petty hooliganism

Under article 183 of the Code on Administrative Liability, petty hooliganism is deliberate disregard of the rules of behaviour in society: obscene language in public places, insulting harassment of citizens, and other acts that break public order and the peace of citizens.

The procedure

The officer draws up a report, and the case goes to the court or to the internal affairs body. The district (city) criminal court imposes administrative arrest (the state of emergency regime is the exception). While the case is heard, you have the right to take part, to give explanations and to submit evidence.

Your rights

Under article 294 of the Code on Administrative Liability: the help of an advocate; access to the case materials; explanations and evidence; requests, for example to call witnesses; speech in your native language and the help of an interpreter; an appeal against the decision. You may also attach your own remarks to the report.

Advice

If the report states the facts wrongly, do not refuse to sign. Write your objections and sign. That is the ground for a later complaint.

Legal sources

Legal basisCode on Administrative Liability, article 183 Legal basisCode on Administrative Liability, article 294 Legal basisCode on Administrative Liability, article 29

This article gives legal information, not legal advice. For your own situation, consult a qualified lawyer.