On 23^rd April 2013 the RA Constitutional Court declared invalid Article 51 part 4 of the RA Criminal Code, according to which the convicted, if not sentenced to imprisonment, could be put on probation instead of paying fines as type of penalty, it was not clearly distinct what a convicted should do if he/she is not able to be put on probation or whether he/she avoids doing public service.

In 2016 the RA Prosecutor’s Office has made a survey and found out that the implementation of the fine as type of penalty has become almost impossible. For that reason the RA Prosecutor General turned to the RA Minister of Justice with a suggestion to make some supplements and amendments to the Articles 51 and 54 of the RA Criminal Code.

On the 1^st of March 2017 a law was adopted by the RA National Assembly to make supplements and amendments to the above-mentioned articles. Soon after the law entered into effect the RA Prosecutor’s Office has strengthened the control over implementation of the fine or in case of not being able to pay the fine use probation as types of penalty. By now 867 petitions have been sent to first instance courts of general jurisdiction asking to replace fine with probation. In the result of it 183.365.300 AMD fine has been paid by the convicted.