. Chapter 7 - Joint punishment (697/1991) Section 1 - Sentencing to a joint punishment of imprisonment (755/2010) (1) If a person is to be sentenced to imprisonment for two or more offences at the same time, he or she shall be sentenced to a joint punishment of imprisonment, unless otherwise provided elsewhere in law. (2) In cases where one offence would be punishable by imprisonment and one or more of the other offences would be punishable by a fine or a summary penal fee, the court may pass a joint sentence of imprisonment for all the offences. The court may also impose a joint sentence of imprisonment for some of the offences and, in addition, a fine or summary penal fine for the other offences, but not both a fine and a summary penal fine. (3) If one offence would be punishable by life imprisonment, a sentence of life imprisonment shall be passed as a joint punishment for all the offences. [section 1 has been amended by the Act of 755/2010, which shall enter into force on a date to be set by an Act. The earlier wording is as follows:] Section 1 - Sentencing to a joint punishment of imprisonment (697/1991) (1) If a person is to be sentenced to imprisonment for two or more offences at the same time, he or she shall be sentenced to a joint punishment of imprisonment, unless otherwise provided elsewhere in the law. (751/1997) (2) In cases where one offence would be punishable by imprisonment and one or more other offences by a fine, the court may pass a joint sentence of imprisonment for all the offences or a joint sentence of imprisonment for some of the offences and, in addition, a fine for the other offences. (3) If one offence would be punishable by life imprisonment, a sentence of life imprisonment shall be passed as a joint punishment for all the offences. Section 2 - Maximum and minimum for a sentence of imprisonment for a fixed period (697/1991) (1) When sentencing to a joint punishment, the most severe maximum penalty for among the respective offences may be exceeded, but the sentence shall not be longer than the sum total of the maximum penalties of the respective offences. In addition, the most severe maximum penalty shall also not be exceeded by more than (1) one year, if the most severe maximum penalty is imprisonment for less than one year and six months, (2) two years, if the most severe maximum penalty is imprisonment for at least one year and six months but less than four years, or (3) three years, if the most severe maximum penalty is imprisonment for a fixed period for at least four years.