admonition alone (judicial admonition), will have sufficient influence on the perpetrator to deter repeat offending. Suspended Sentence Article 53 (1) By pronouncing a suspended sentence the court pronounces a punishment and orders at the same time that such punishment shall not be enforced provided that the convicted person does not reoffend within a term set by the court for not shorter than one or longer than five years (probation term). (2) The court may specify in the suspended sentence that the punishment shall be enforced if the convicted person does not return the pecuniary gain obtained through the commission of the criminal offence or does not compensate for the damage he caused by the commission of criminal offence or does not fulfill any other obligations provided for in criminal law provisions. The deadline by which these obligations must be fulfilled shall be set by the court within the probation term prescribed. (3) Security measures which are imposed together with a suspended sentence shall be enforced. Conditions for Imposing Suspended Sentence Article 54 (1) A suspended sentence may be imposed when the perpetrator is pronounced a prison term up to two years. (2) A suspended sentence may not be imposed for criminal offences punishable by a prison term up to ten years or a more severe punishment. (3) A suspended sentence may not be imposed unless more than five years have passed since the date of the finality of the judgment of conviction for an offence committed with wrongful intent. A suspended sentence may not be imposed on a perpetrator who has already been imposed two suspended sentences. (4) When determining whether to impose a suspended sentence, the court shall take into account the purpose of the suspended sentence and give particular consideration to the perpetrator’s personality, his personal history, his behaviour after the commission of the criminal offence, the degree of guilt and other circumstances under which the offence was committed. (5) If both a prison term and a fine are pronounced on a perpetrator, a suspended sentence may be imposed only for the prison term. Revocation of Suspended Sentence due to New Criminal Offence Article 55

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