Act C of 2012 on the Criminal Code (as in force on 1 April 2022) This document has been produced for informational purposes only. Section 62 (1) Exclusion from participating in public affairs shall be imposed for a fixed period, which shall not be shorter than one year or longer than ten years. (2) The period of exclusion from participating in public affairs shall commence when the conclusive decision becomes final and binding. The term of imprisonment served by the convict not be credited to, and any period during which he escapes from the enforcement of the sentence of imprisonment shall not be included in, the period of exclusion from participating in public affairs. The period of release on parole shall be credited to the period of exclusion from participating in public affairs if release on parole is not terminated. CHAPTER VIII MEASURES Section 63 (1) Measures shall be the following: a) reprimand, b) release on probation, c) reparation work, d) probationary supervision, e) confiscation, f) forfeiture of assets, g) rendering electronic data permanently inaccessible, h) compulsory psychiatric treatment, i) measures specified in the Act on measures applicable to legal persons under criminal law. (2) Reprimand, release on probation and reparation work shall be applied independently, in place of a penalty. (3) Probationary supervision may be applied in addition to a penalty or measure. Probationary supervision shall not be applied in addition to expulsion. (4) Confiscation, forfeiture of assets and rendering electronic data permanently inaccessible may be applied independently or in addition to a penalty or measure. Reprimand Section 64 (1) A person shall be reprimanded if, at the time of adjudication, his act is no longer dangerous or the degree of danger to society is so insignificant that the application of even the lowest penalty or any other measure available under this Act, apart from confiscation, forfeiture of assets and rendering electronic data permanently inaccessible, is unnecessary. (2) Through applying reprimand, the court or the prosecution service expresses its disapproval of the unlawful act and warns the perpetrator to refrain from committing any criminal offence in the future. Release on probation Section 65 (1) The court may postpone sentencing the perpetrator of a misdemeanour or a felony punishable by not more than three years of imprisonment for a probationary period if there is reasonable ground to believe that the objective of punishment can also be achieved by applying a measure. (2) A person shall not be released on probation if a) he is a recidivist, b) he committed the criminal offence in a criminal organisation, c) he committed an intentional criminal offence after being sentenced to imprisonment to be served but before enforcement of the sentence was completed, or 18 Contact: eu-forditas@im.gov.hu