Limitations in Reduction of Punishment (1) When the conditions for the reduction of punishment referred to in Article 50 (Reduction of Punishment) of this Code exist, the court shall reduce the punishment within the following limits: a) If a punishment of imprisonment of ten or more years is prescribed as the lowest punishment for the criminal offence, the punishment may be reduced to five years of imprisonment; b) If a punishment of imprisonment of three or more years is prescribed as the lowest punishment for the criminal offence, the punishment may be reduced to one year of imprisonment; c) If a punishment of imprisonment of two years is prescribed as the lowest punishment for the criminal offence, the punishment may be reduced to six months of imprisonment; d) If a punishment of imprisonment of one year is prescribed as the lowest punishment for the criminal offence, the punishment may be reduced to three months of imprisonment; e) If a punishment of imprisonment not exceeding one year is prescribed as the lowest punishment for the criminal offence, the punishment may be reduced to thirty days of imprisonment; f) If a punishment of imprisonment is prescribed for a criminal offence without indication of the lowest limit, a fine may be imposed instead of imprisonment; g) If a fine is prescribed for a criminal offence with the indication of the lowest amount, the punishment may be reduced up to five daily amounts and if it is imposed in the fixed amount, it may be reduced to 150 KM. (2) When deciding on the extent of reducing punishment pursuant to the rules set forth in paragraph 1 of this Article, the court shall take into special consideration the lowest and the highest measure of punishment prescribed for the particular criminal offence. Article 52 Release from Punishment (1) The court may release the perpetrator of a criminal offence from punishment when such possibility is explicitly prescribed by law. (2) In cases when the court is allowed to release the perpetrator of a criminal offence from punishment, the court may decide to reduce the punishment having no regard to limitations in reduction of punishment prescribed in Article 50 (Reduction of Punishment) of this Code. Article 53 Special Condition for Release from Punishment for Criminal Offences Perpetrated out of negligence The court may release from punishment the perpetrator of a criminal offence perpetrated out of negligence, when the consequences of the offence affect the perpetrator so severely that imposing a punishment would obviously not serve the purpose of punishment. Article 54 Concurrence of Criminal Offences (1) If the perpetrator, by a single action or by several actions, has perpetrated several criminal offences, for which he is tried at the same time, the court shall first determine the punishment for each of the criminal offences separately, and then proceed with imposing a compound punishment of imprisonment, long-term imprisonment or a compound fine for all the criminal offences taken together. (2) The court shall adhere to the following rules in imposing compound punishment: a) If the court has determined punishment of long-term imprisonment for one of concurrent criminal 16