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2. Deprivation of the right to hold certain positions or to engage in certain activities shall be
applied both as a main and supplementary punishment.
3. Deprivation of special or military rank, category, degree or qualification class, as well as
property confiscation shall be applied only as supplementary punishments.
4. Only one main punishment may be imposed in respect of one crime. One or more
supplementary punishments may be joined with the main punishment as and in cases
provided for in this Code.
5. Property confiscation and deprivation of the right to hold certain positions or to engage in
certain activities as supplementary punishments may be imposed only in cases provided for
in this Code.
(Article 50 edited and amended by HO-119-N of 1 June 2006, supplemented by HO-34N of 30 April 2013)
Article 51.
Fine
1. Fine shall be a pecuniary penalty that is imposed for criminal offences of minor and medium
gravity in cases provided for in the Special Part of this Code and to the extent envisaged in
this Code in the amount of thirty-fold to three-thousand-fold of the minimum salary defined by
law in the Republic of Armenia (hereinafter referred to as "the minimum salary") at the moment
of imposing punishment.
2. The court shall determine the amount of fine, taking into account the gravity of crime and
the property status of the person being convicted.
3. If the person condemned is unable to immediately and fully pay the imposed fine, the court
shall define a maximum of one-year term for paying the fine or shall allow to pay the fine in
instalments within the same time limit or shall replace the fine by public works. In case of
postponing payment or paying the fine in instalments, a schedule for fine payment, as well as
the amount of fine to be paid in each instalment are defined. The referred privilege shall be
repealed by court judgement, where the convict fails to perform the obligations under the fine
payment schedule. Where the convict fails to perform the obligations under the fine payment
schedule, the fine or the unpaid amount of the fine shall be replaced by community service as
prescribed by part 4 of this Article.
4. In case of impossibility to pay the fine, the court shall replace the fine or unpaid part of the
fine by public works against a minimum salary for three hours of public works, and in case of
maliciously evading payment of fine — against a minimum salary for five hours of public works.
Where the result of calculation made for replacing the fine or unpaid part of the fine with public
works exceeds two thousand two hundred hours, two thousand two hundred hours shall be
imposed. Rounding up the time values as a result of calculation made for replacing the fine
or unpaid part of the fine with public works shall be done in favour of the convict.
5. The convict maliciously evading payment of the fine shall be deemed to be the convict, who:
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