Corpus delicti of an administrative offence in the field of military registration: regulatory and legal characteristics

The article is devoted to the theoretical and legal study of the elements of an administrative offence in the field of military registration. The author analyses the regulatory framework for the regulation of military duty and the peculiarities of administrative liability for violation of military registration legislation. The author examines the doctrinal approaches to defining the concept and structure of an administrative offence in the context of ensuring national security and defence capability of the State. The article examines the characteristics of the object of an administrative offence in the field of military registration, which is the social relations ensuring the functioning of the system of military duty and mobilisation preparedness. The author identifies specific features of the objective side of offences of this category, including forms of unlawful behaviour such as late registration for military service, evasion of military registration duties, violation of the procedure for notification of changes in personal data and place of residence. The author analyses the peculiarities of the subjective side of administrative offences in the military registration and enlistment area, including the characteristics of guilt, motives and purposes of unlawful behaviour. The author examines the signs of the subject of the offence, its legal status and peculiarities of administrative delictual capacity of citizens registered for military service. Age and other restrictions on the subjective composition of offences in this area of legal regulation are investigated. The author formulates proposals for improving the legal regulation of administrative liability in the field of military registration and optimising law enforcement practice. The author substantiates the need to unify approaches to the qualification of offences of this category and to increase the effectiveness of preventive action of administrative and legal sanctions on potential violators of military registration legislation.