16 Imprisonment sentence for women shall be served: a) for specially serious crimes and after being recognized as special dangerous recidivists – in colonies of high security; b) for not socially dangerous, or less serious, or reckless crimes – in settled colonies; c) for other types of crimes – in colonies of general security. (Paragraphs 5 and 6 – as amended by the Laws of 27.12.1996 and 29.08.2001) Imprisonment by confinement in prison may be imposed on a part of the term of penalty not exceeding five years: a) on special dangerous recidivists; b) persons committed serious or especially serious crimes and convicted thereof for imprisonment for more than five years. Article 51. Capital Punishment Capital punishment through firing shall be imposed exclusively for an intentional aggravated killing (Paragraph 2 of Article 97), aggression (Paragraph 2 of Article 151), genocide (Article 153), and terrorism (Paragraph three of Article 155). Capital punishment may not be imposed on a man aged above sixty, a woman, and a person committed a crime in the age under eighteen years. (Paragraphs 1 and 2 – as amended by the Law of 29.08.2001). By an act of amnesty, capital punishment was commutated by imprisonment for twenty-five years. Article 52. Deprivation of Military or Special Rank When being convicted for serious or especially serious crime, a person having a military or special rank may be deprived thereof. When being convicted for a serious or especially serious crime, a person having a high military or special rank, or state award of the Republic of Uzbekistan, may be deprived thereof by a recommendation of court rendered on the grounds of a sentence. Article 53. (Abolished by the Law of 29.08.2001). CHAPTER 11. INFLICTION OF PENALTY Article 54. General Principles of Infliction of Penalty A person shall be subjected to penalty, if he, according to the procedure established by law, is found guilty in commission of a crime. A court shall inflict a penalty within the limits established by an Article of the Special Part envisaging liability for a crime committed, in accordance with provisions of the General Part of this Code. When inflicting a penalty, a court shall take into account nature and degree of social danger of a committed crime, motives thereof, nature and degree of a harm caused, personality of a guilty person, mitigating and aggravating circumstances.