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1. A concurrence of crimes is deemed to be the commission of two or more crimes, for none of which the person has been convicted, except in cases where the commission of two or more crimes is provided by the Special Part of this Code as a circumstance leading to a more severe punishment. In the case of a concurrence of crimes, the person bears criminal liability for each committed crime under the relevant article or part of an article of this Code.

(as amended by Federal Laws No. 162-FZ dated December 8, 2003, No. 73-FZ dated July 21, 2004)

2. A concurrence of crimes is also deemed to be one act (omission) containing the characteristics of crimes provided for by two or more articles of this Code.

3. If a crime is provided for by general and special norms, there is no concurrence of crimes and criminal liability arises under the special norm.

Source: "Criminal Code of the Russian Federation" dated June 13, 1996 No. 63-FZ (as amended on November 29, 2012)

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