Entity Misdemeanor Laws // Entitetski prekršajni zakoni

Abstract

The Law on Misdemeanors of the Republika Srpska was published in the Official Gazette of Republika Srpska, No. 63/2014. In the meantime, this law was amended in 2016 and 2017 (Official Gazette of the Republika Srpska, No. 110/2016 and 100/2017). On the other hand, the Law on Misdemeanors of the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina was published in the Official Gazette of the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina, No. 63/2014.
The new misdemeanor laws have brought important novelties that will be the subject of this document. This applies in particular to the systems of misdemeanor sanctions envisaged by the aforementioned laws, and in particular, it is necessary to emphasize the prescription of imprisonment in the Law on Misdemeanors of Republika Srpska, while there is no Law on Misdemeanors of the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina, as well as deprivation of liberty for collecting fines is still in the Law on Misdemeanors of the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina, while, on the other hand, it has not been included in Law on Misdemeanors of the Republika Srpska since 2016.
Considering the fact that these two, extremely important laws, are very different in terms of citizens, the question arises as to whether this degree of mismatch was really necessary and necessary?