The following alternative measures may be applied to offenders of crimes:
1) probation;
2) probation with protective supervision;
3) probationary suspension of the criminal procedure;
4) community service;
5) court reprimand and
6) house arrest.
2. Conditional conviction
Conditional postponement of the execution of the sentence
Article 49
(1) With a conditional conviction the court shall determine the offender a sentence and
simultaneously determine that such sentence shall not be enforced if the convicted within
the time period determined by the court, which cannot be less than one or more than five
years (control period), does not commit another crime.
(2) Within the conditional conviction, the court may determine that the sentence shall be
enforced also if the convicted does not repay the property benefit gained by the
commission of the crime, if he does not compensate the damage caused by the crime, or if
he does not fulfill the other obligations anticipated by the criminal-legal provisions. The
time frame for fulfilling these obligations shall be determined by the court within the
framework of the determined control period.
(3) The security measures, pronounced with the conditional conviction, shall be executive.
Terms for pronouncing a conditional conviction
Article 50
(1) A conditional conviction may be pronounced when the offender is determined a
sentence imprisonment of up to two years or a fine.
(2) A conditional conviction may be pronounced also when a sentence of imprisonment has
been determined with duration of up to two years or a fine, by applying the provisions for
sentence mitigation (Articles 40, 41 and 42 paragraph 2).
(3) In the decision making process whether a conditional conviction shall be pronounced,
considering the purpose of the conditional conviction, the court shall especially take into
consideration the offender's personality, his previous life, his behavior after the committed
crime, the extent of criminal liability, and other circumstances under which the crime was
committed.
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