Article 8. Notion of Crime (1) Crime is an act (action or omission) recognized as socially dangerous, guilt and punishable as provided by criminal law. (2) Action or omission representing no social danger due its insignificance, however formally having attributes of an act provided in the Special Part hereof, shall not be considered a crime. Article 9. Crime Classification (1) Crimes are subcategorized as those petty, less severe, grave, and particularly severe, based on their nature and degree of social danger. (2) Crime gravity shall be determined by maximum term of a more severe sentence provided by the article sanction. Article 10. Petty Crimes Petty crimes are intended crimes, sentenced by 2 years of imprisonment as maximum term, as well as those committed through carelessness and sentenced by 5 years of imprisonment as maximum term. Article 11. Less Severe Crime Less severe crimes are intended crimes sentenced under law by imprisonment for a period not exceeding 5 years, as well as those committed through carelessness and sentenced by over 5 years of imprisonment. Article 12. Grave Crimes Grave crimes are intended crimes to be sentenced under law imprisonment for a period exceeding 5 years but less than 10 years. by Article 13. Particularly Severe Crimes Particularly severe crimes are intended crimes for which the law provides sentence of over 10 years of imprisonment or death penalty. Article 14. Recurrence of Crime Recurrent crime is commission of two or more crimes envisaged by one article or a part of an article of the Special Part hereof, as well as commitment of two or more crimes envisaged by different articles if such is specifically stipulated in the Special Part hereof. Article 15. Cumulative Crime (1) Cumulative crime is commission of two or more crimes envisaged by different articles or parts of article of the Criminal Code, for none of which the person was convicted. With all this, no offences shall be taken into account for which the person was exempted from criminal responsibility under conditions established by law.

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