(1) The court shall revoke a suspended sentence if during his probation term the
convicted person commits one or more criminal offences and receives a prison term of
two years or longer.
(2) Where during his probation term the convicted person commits one or more
criminal offences and receives a prison term of less than two years or a fine, the court
shall decide whether to revoke the suspended sentence after having reviewed all the
circumstances of the offences committed and the perpetrator himself, and in particular
the relatedness of committed criminal offences, their importance and motives out of
which they were committed. The court shall thereat be limited by the rule that a
suspended sentence may not be imposed if the perpetrator should be imposed
punishment of more than two years in prison for criminal offences determined in the
suspended sentence and for the new criminal offences (Art.54, para. 1).
(3) Where the court revokes a suspended sentence, it shall impose a cumulative
prison term by applying the provisions of Art.48 hereof for both the previously
committed and the new criminal offence by taking the punishment from the revoked
suspended sentence as already imposed.
(4) Where the court does not revoke a suspended sentence, it can impose a
suspended sentence or a punishment for the new criminal offence. A convicted person
who receives a prison term for the new criminal offence shall not have the period served
in prison included in the probation term pronounced under the suspended sentence for
the previous offence.
(5) Where the court finds that a suspended sentence should also be imposed for
the new criminal offence, the court shall pronounce a cumulative punishment for both
the earlier and the new criminal offence under the provisions of Art.48 hereof and shall
specify a new probation term for minimum one and maximum five years counting from
the date of finality of the new judgment. If the convicted person commits a criminal
offence during his new probation term, the court shall revoke the suspended sentence
and impose a prison term by applying the provision of para. 3 hereof.
Revocation of Suspended Sentence
due to Prior Criminal Offence
Article 56
(1) The court shall revoke a suspended sentence if, after its imposition, the court
establishes that the convicted person committed a criminal offence prior to the
imposition of a suspended sentence and if the court finds that there would have been no
grounds for the imposition of a suspended sentence had the existence of that offence
been known. In such a case, the provision of Art.55, para. 3 hereof shall apply.
(2) If the court does not revoke a suspended sentence, provision of Art.55, para. 4
hereof shall apply.
Revocation of Suspended Sentence due to
the Omission to Fulfill Specific Obligations