offences, it shall impose only that punishment; b) If the court has determined punishment of imprisonment for the concurrent criminal offences, the compound punishment must be higher than each of the individual punishments, but may not be as high as the sum of all incurred punishments, nor may it exceed a period of twenty years; c) If for each of the concurrent criminal offences a punishment of imprisonment not exceeding three years is prescribed, the compound punishment may not exceed eight years; d) If fines only have been determined by court for the concurrent criminal offences, the compound punishment must be higher than any individual determined fine, but it may not exceed the sum of all determined fines. (3) If the court has determined punishments of imprisonment for some of the concurrent criminal offences, and fines for other concurrent criminal offences, it shall impose the compound punishment of imprisonment and the compound fine, pursuant to the provisions set forth in paragraph 2, items b) through d) of this Article. (4) The court shall impose an accessory punishment if it is determined for at least one of the concurrent criminal offences, and if the court has determined several fines, it shall impose the compound fine pursuant to the provisions set forth in paragraph 2, item d) of this Article. (5) If the court has determined punishments of imprisonment and juvenile imprisonments for the concurrent criminal offences, it shall impose the compound punishment pursuant to the provisions set forth in paragraph 2, items b) and c) of this Article. Article 55 Continued Criminal Offence (1) The provisions of this Code regarding concurrence of criminal offences shall not apply to a criminal offence arising out of the same transaction. (2) A criminal offence arises out of the same transaction when the perpetrator intentionally perpetrates a number of identical criminal offences or offences of the same type which, according to the manner of perpetration, the temporal connection and other material circumstances connecting them constitute a whole. (3) When a criminal offence arising of the same transaction comprises offences of the same legal description, the court shall choose the type and the range of the punishment prescribed for such a criminal offence. If criminal offences of the same type are at issue, the court shall choose the type and the range of punishment prescribed for the most serious of these offences. Article 56 Meting out Punishment for a Convicted Person (1) If a convicted person is tried for a criminal offence perpetrated before commencing to serve the previous sentence, or for a criminal offence perpetrated while serving a sentence of imprisonment, long-term imprisonment or juvenile imprisonment, the court shall impose a compound punishment for all the criminal offences applying provisions set forth in Article 53 ∗ (Concurrence of Criminal Offences) of this Code, taking the punishment from the earlier sentence as an already fixed punishment. The sentence or part of the sentence, which the convicted person had already served, shall be credited toward the imposed sentence of imprisonment or long-term imprisonment. (2) For a criminal offence perpetrated during the course of serving the punishment of imprisonment, longterm imprisonment or juvenile imprisonment, the court shall impose to the perpetrator the punishment independently of the punishment from the earlier sentence, in cases when the application of the provisions ∗ Should be 54. 17