Mitigating Circumstances for Disciplinary Liability

Mitigating circumstances for disciplinary liability include the soldier's or citizen called up for military service's remorse for committing a disciplinary offense; voluntary disclosure by the soldier or citizen called up for military service of the committed disciplinary offense to the commander; prevention by the soldier or citizen called up for military service who has committed a disciplinary offense of harmful consequences of the disciplinary offense, voluntary compensation for damage caused or elimination of harm caused; commission of a disciplinary offense in a state of strong emotional agitation (affect) or under the circumstances of serious personal or family difficulties. The commander or judge of a military court applying disciplinary punishment to a soldier or citizen called up for military service may consider other mitigating circumstances as well (ceased to be effective as of 2019-03-06)¹.