.
[sections 1 and 2 have been repealed; 515/2003]
Section 3 - Contents of conditional imprisonment (520/2001)
(1) When a sentence of imprisonment is imposed conditionally, the enforcement of
the sentence is postponed for a probation period. The length of the probation period is at least one and at most three years. The probation period begins at the
pronouncement or the issue of the judgment.
(2) The sentence shall lapse if not ordered to be enforced under section 5.
(3) Separate provisions apply to the selection between conditional and unconditional imprisonment and to sanctions that are ancillary to imprisonment.
(515/2003)
Section 4 - Notice of the effects of the sentence (520/2001)
When conditional imprisonment is imposed, the convicted person shall be notified, in connection with the pronouncement or the issue of the judgment, of the
date when the probation period ends and of the grounds on which the sentence
may be ordered to be enforced.
Section 5 - Ordering the enforcement of conditional imprisonment
(520/2001)
(1) The court may order the enforcement of conditional imprisonment if the convicted person commits an offence during the probation period, where the court
deems that a sentence of unconditional imprisonment is the appropriate sanction
and the charge has been brought within one year of the end of the probation period.
In this event, the conditional sentence to be enforced, the sentence for the offence
committed during the probation period and the sentences of imprisonment for the
other offences considered in the same trial shall be joined as one unconditional
sentence of imprisonment in accordance with the provisions of Chapter 7.
(2) The court may also order that conditional imprisonment be enforced only in
part, in which case the remainder of the sentence shall continue to be conditional, subject to the same probation period.
Chapter 2(c) – Imprisonment (780/2005)
General provisions
Section 1 – The contents of imprisonment (780/2005)
The content of a sentence of imprisonment is the loss or restriction of liberty. The
Imprisonment Act contains provisions on the enforcement of a sentence of imprisonment.
Section 2 – The length of imprisonment (780/2005)