The Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine proposed increasing fines for violating military registration rules and introducing responsibility for refusing medical examinations

At the end of December, along with the draft law on mobilization, the Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine introduced another bill, No. 10379, aimed at toughening penalties for violating military accounting rules and legislation on mobilization.

Specifically, the Cabinet proposed to increase fines for violating military accounting rules by 10 times. Now, they will range from 8,500 hryvnias (203 euros) to 17,000 hryvnias (406.5 euros).

For breaches of legislation on defense, military duty, military service, mobilization preparation and mobilization, the fines will range from 25,500 hryvnias (610 euros) to 34,000 hryvnias (813 euros) for citizens and from 34,000 hryvnias (813 euros) to 85,000 hryvnias (2,033 euros) for officials.

For violating the same legislation during a special period, the fine will be from 34,000 hryvnias (813 euros) to 51,000 hryvnias (1,220 euros) for citizens and from 153,000 hryvnias (3,659 euros) to 204,000 hryvnias (4,878 euros) for officials.

Additionally, the Cabinet proposed introducing criminal liability for refusing to undergo a medical examination and equating it to evasion of conscription during mobilization.

The bill also suggests the possibility of detaining individuals who violate mobilization legislation for up to three hours during a special period for protocol preparation and, in “necessary cases,” for establishing identity and/or clarifying the circumstances of the offense for up to three days.

According to lawyers, adopting the bill in this form would make it impossible to contest the violation protocol. Moreover, the wording regarding detaining people for up to 3 days in “necessary cases” creates a broad field for corruption and abuse.