. (2) Only one juvenile penalty shall be imposed when sentencing for several offences at the same time. (1195/2004) Section 5 - Sentencing to a joint punishment (697/1991) (1) When sentencing to a joint punishment of imprisonment or a joint fine the provisions in Chapter 6 shall be followed, where applicable. (2) When sentencing to a joint punishment the basis is the penalty for the offence which in the consideration of the court carries the most severe penalty, and the joint punishment for the offences shall be set in just proportion also to the number of offences, their seriousness and their connection with each other. If one of the grounds for increasing or decreasing a punishment referred to in Chapter 6 or some other circumstance listed in said Chapter only applies to one or some of the offences for which a sentence is being passed, it shall be taken into account to a reasonable degree in setting the joint punishment. Section 6 - Taking an earlier sentence of imprisonment into account (751/1997) (1) If a person who has been unconditionally sentenced to imprisonment is charged with another offence committed before the sentence was passed, the earlier sentence of imprisonment may be taken into account, to a reasonable degree, as a mitigating circumstance or as a ground for reducing the punishment. In addition, the sentence of imprisonment passed for the new offence may be shorter than the minimum provided for it or the earlier sentence may be deemed to be a sufficient sanction also for the act which was later taken up for a hearing. (2) The judgment of the court shall indicate which earlier sentence or sentences have been taken into account when sentencing under this section. Section 7 – Taking an earlier community service order and monitoring sentence into account (329/2011) When imposing a new punishment, an earlier community service order and monitoring sentence may be taken into account as is done with an earlier unconditional sentence of imprisonment pursuant to section 6. Section 8 – Taking an earlier juvenile penalty into account (401/2015) If a person sentenced to a juvenile penalty should be sentenced to unconditional imprisonment for an offence committed before the juvenile penalty was imposed or for an offence committed after the juvenile penalty was imposed but before the termination of its enforcement, he or she may be sentenced to a joint sentence of unconditional imprisonment for said offence and the offence which led to the imposition of the juvenile penalty. The corresponding portion of the juvenile penalty that has already been enforced shall be taken into consideration as provided in section 68 of the Act on the Enforcement of Community-Based Sanctions.