IRAQI INTELLIGENCE AND SECURITY RELATED DOCUMENTS


Decree No. 120


Date of Decree: 20 Rabi I 1415 A.H./27 August 1994


In accordance with the provisions of article 42, paragraph (a), of the Constitution, the Revolution Command Council has decreed as follows:

I. No person convicted of the offence of embezzlement or theft of State funds, or of any other deliberate offence involving such funds, shall be released after serving his sentence unless the said funds or the assets into which they have been converted or for which they have been exchanged, or their value, have been recovered from him.

II. The convicted person referred to in clause I above shall not be entitled to benefit from the provisions concerning release on probation, nor shall he be covered by general amnesty enactments or decrees mitigating penalties.

III. The provisions of this Decree shall apply to cases that are still at the stage of examination or trial and also to judgements that have become final.

IV. Any text of a legislative act or decree that is incompatible with the provisions of this Decree shall no longer be applied.

V. This Decree shall enter into force from the date of its publication in the Official Gazette until further notice.


Saddam HUSSEIN
Chairman of the Revolution Command Council