set forth in Article 53 ∗ of this Code would lead to failure to achieve the purpose of punishment considering
the duration of non-served portion of the previous sentence.
(3) To a convicted person who, while serving the punishment of imprisonment, long-term imprisonment or
juvenile imprisonment, perpetrates a criminal offence for which the law prescribes a fine or punishment of
imprisonment for a term not exceeding one year, a disciplinary measure shall be applied.
Article 57
Credit for the Period Spent in Custody and Credit for Punishment under an Earlier Sentence
(1) The time spent in custody pending trial, as well as any deprivation of freedom related to the criminal
offence, shall be counted as part of the imposed punishment of imprisonment, long-term imprisonment,
juvenile imprisonment or fine.
(2) The fine paid or prison term served upon conviction for a minor offence shall be counted in the
punishment imposed a criminal offence whose characteristics are the same as characteristics of the minor
offence.
(3) In each counting of the credit, one day spent in custody pending trial, one day of deprivation of freedom,
one day of juvenile imprisonment, one day of imprisonment, one day of long-term imprisonment and the
amount of 50 KM, shall be deemed equal.
Article 58
Credit for the Detention and Sentence Served Abroad
The detention, deprivation of freedom in the course of an extradition procedure, as well as the
punishment which the perpetrator served upon a judgement of a foreign court, shall be counted in the
punishment imposed by the domestic court for the same criminal offence, whereas if the punishments are not
of the same kind, the credit for the punishment served abroad shall be effected in a way the court finds fit.
VIII C H A P T E R
E I G H T
WARNING SENTENCES (NON-CUSTODIAL MEASURES)
Article 59
Types of Warning Sentences
Warning sentences are:
a) Judicial admonition;
b) Suspended sentence.
Article 60
Purpose of Warning Sentences
(1) The purpose of judicial admonition is to give to a criminally responsible perpetrator a reprimand, when a
punishment does not need to be imposed to achieve the purpose of criminal sanctions nor to ensure criminal
justice protection.
(2) The purpose of a suspended sentence is to give to a perpetrator of a criminal offence a reprimand with a
threat of punishment, which achieves the purpose of criminal sanctions by pronouncing a punishment
without executing it, when the execution of punishment is not necessary to ensure criminal justice protection.
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Should be 54.
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