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3.1. When examining the application, the court shall take into account the degree of danger
posed to the public and nature of the crime committed by the convict, data describing the
personality of the convict, the absence of a claim on compensating for damage caused or the
fact of compensation, as well as other facts that will justify the substantiation and fairness of
replacing imprisonment imposed on the person with public works from the perspective of
implementation of the goals of the punishment.
4. Public works shall not be imposed on persons recognized as disabled of the first or second
group, persons below the age of sixteen and those having attained the retirement age at the
moment of delivering the criminal judgement, pregnant women and military servicemen in
compulsory military service.
5. In case of malicious evasion from performing public works, the court shall replace the
unperformed part of public works by detention or fixed-term imprisonment by calculating one
day of detention or fixed-term imprisonment against three hours of public works.
(Article 54 amended by HO-97-N of 9 June 2004, edited, amended by HO-119-N of 1 June
2006, edited, supplemented, amended by HO-59-N of 1 March 2017)
Article 55.
Property confiscation
1. Property confiscation shall be considered as forced and uncompensated taking of property
or a part thereof owned by the convict — to be placed under State ownership.
2. The court shall determine the size of property confiscation, taking into consideration the
size of the property damage caused by the crime, as well as the size of property obtained
through a crime. The size of property confiscation may not exceed the size of the damage
caused by the crime or the size of benefit obtained through a crime.
3. Property confiscation may be imposed for grave and particularly grave criminal offences
committed with mercenary motives in cases envisaged by the Special Part of this Code.
4. (part repealed by HO-114-N of 21 June 2014)
5. (part repealed by HO-114-N of 21 June 2014)
5.1. (part repealed by HO-114-N of 21 June 2014)
6. Property necessary for a convict or persons under his or her care shall not be subject to
confiscation, pursuant to the list that is established by law.
7. (part repealed by HO-114-N of 21 June 2014)
(Article 55 edited by HO-206-N of 28 November 2006, supplemented by HO-143-N of 23
May 2011, amended by HO-114-N of 21 June 2014)
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