Another profession has been added to the list of banned professions for those convicted of political crimes.

The National Legal Internet Portal has published Council of Ministers Decree No. 696 of December 1, which approves a new version of the Regulations on the procedure for conducting certification for the right to obtain a qualification certificate of an auditor. The document comes into force after publication, Reform.news noted.

Previously, an applicant for certification had to provide "information confirming the absence of an outstanding or unexpunged conviction for committing crimes against the interests of service, property, and the procedure for carrying out economic activities, as well as for committing other crimes related to the use of official powers." Now, the regulation specifies a specific list of articles of the Criminal Code.

According to the new version, the applicant must provide a document on the absence of an outstanding or unexpunged conviction for committing serious or especially serious crimes, as well as for committing crimes that do not pose a great public danger or less serious crimes listed in the list. In addition to articles providing for liability for fraud, theft, embezzlement, and misappropriation of property, tax evasion, buying stolen goods, intentional bankruptcy, disclosure of secrets and confidential information, etc., it also includes:

• Article 341-1. Propaganda or public display, manufacture, distribution of Nazi symbols or paraphernalia.
• Article 342. Organization and preparation of actions that grossly violate public order, or active participation in them.
• Article 342-2. Repeated violation of the procedure for organizing or holding mass events.
• Article 361. Calls for restrictive measures (sanctions), other actions aimed at causing harm to the national security of the Republic of Belarus.
• Article 361-1. Creation of an extremist formation or participation in it.
• Article 361-2. Financing of extremist activities.
• Article 361-3. Participation in an armed formation or armed conflict, military actions in the territory of a foreign state, recruitment or training of persons for such participation.
• Article 361-4. Aiding and abetting extremist activities.
• Article 361-5. Undergoing training or other preparation for participation in extremist activities.
• Article 369-1. Discrediting the Republic of Belarus.
• Article 369-2. Illegal receipt and (or) use of foreign gratuitous assistance.
• Article 369-3. Public calls for the organization or holding of an illegal gathering, rally, street procession, demonstration, or picketing, or involvement of persons in participation in such mass events.

The applicant will also have to provide a document on the absence of facts of being brought to administrative responsibility under a number of articles of the Code of Administrative Offenses, if the period has not expired after which the applicant is considered not to have been subjected to an administrative penalty. This list includes:

• Article 12.23. Failure to take measures to prevent the legalization of proceeds from crime, financing of terrorist activities, and financing the proliferation of weapons of mass destruction.
• Article 12.24. Illegal use or disclosure of information entered in the register of securities holders, or information on the results of the financial and economic activities of the issuer of securities.
• Article 12.32. Violation of the procedure for maintaining accounting or other records (preparation of reports) and the rules for storing accounting documents and (or) other documents necessary for the calculation and payment of taxes.
• Article 13.3. Illegal entrepreneurial activity.
• Article 23.6. Disclosure of commercial or other legally protected secrets.

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