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Orlov Y. The concept of a crime under Art. 158-2 of the Criminal Code of Ukraine
	        The article is based on the elucidation of objective and subjective elements of a crime of illegal destruction of election documents or documents of the referendum, the proposed definition of the crime.
Early in his research the author notes that the study and formulation of the crime illegal destruction of election documents or documents of the referendum is important for the theory of criminal law and law enforcement, because it leads to in-depth study of this very important issue.
In addition, the author notes that in the legal literature has not yet developed any question relating to criminal law the crime illegal destruction of election documents or documents of the referendum, there is no clear understanding of its content and features. A number of researches highlight the fragmented matters to some extent related to the illegal destruction of election documents or documents of the referendum. In addition, among the authors of the published works on this subject is no definition of this criminal act.
	To formulate the crime illegal destruction of election documents or documents of the referendum, the author refers to objective and subjective signs of the crime.
Thus, the author notes that are the subject of this crime and to determine the future of the declared object of this study, refers to the subject of the crime with which he analyzed. The author reveals that the subject of the crime.
  	Auto notes that this crime can be committed either by action or omission, and called such acts and omissions. Also, study author and refers to those aspects of the objective signs of crime as time and place of its commission. Further, the author clarifies and subjective signs of the crime.
Based on the research objective and subjective signs of the crime author gives copyright penal definition of unlawful destruction of election documents or documents of the referendum as an act (a synonym of crime) and shows that the notion has not only theoretical, and purely practical value (ignoring such an approach leads to mistakes in law enforcement activities).
Keywords: the crime, the illegal destruction of election documents, illegal damage referendum documents, the place of the crime, a crime.