Act C of 2012 on the Criminal Code (as in force on 1 April 2022) This document has been produced for informational purposes only. (4) The court may order in its conclusive decision, taking the financial situation and income of the perpetrator into account, that the perpetrator may pay the financial penalty in monthly instalments within a period of not more than two years. Section 51 (1) If the convict does not pay the financial penalty or, if payment in instalments was permitted, fails to pay a monthly instalment, the financial penalty, or any unpaid remainder of it shall be converted to imprisonment. (2) If a financial penalty was imposed in addition to a sentence of imprisonment to be served, or the enforcement of a suspended imprisonment was ordered, any imprisonment replacing the financial penalty shall be enforced at the same security level as the sentence of imprisonment. In any other case, imprisonment replacing a financial penalty shall be enforced in a low-security penal institution. (3) An imprisonment replacing a financial penalty may be shorter than three months. Disqualification from a profession Section 52 (1) A person may be disqualified from exercising a profession if he committed the criminal offence a) by violating the rules of his profession that requires qualification, or b) intentionally, by abusing his profession. (2) Paragraph (1) a) may also be applied against a person who was not performing the activity as his profession at the time of committing the criminal offence, but has the qualification required for exercising the profession the rules of which he violated for committing the criminal offence. (3) The perpetrator of a criminal offence against the freedom of sexual life and sexual morality who committed the criminal offence against a person who has not attained the age of eighteen years and the perpetrator of child pornography shall be disqualified permanently from exercising any profession or performing any other activity that involves the education, supervision, care, or medical treatment of a person who has not attained the age of eighteen years, or in the context of which he is in a position of power or influence over a person who has not attained the age of eighteen years. (4) The perpetrator of the criminal offence of endangering a minor shall be disqualified from exercising any profession or performing any other activity that involves the education, supervision, care or medical treatment of a person who has not attained the age of eighteen years, or in the context of which he is in a position of power or influence over a person who has not attained the age of eighteen years. In cases deserving special consideration, the mandatory application of disqualification from a profession may be dispensed with. Section 53 (1) Disqualification from a profession shall be imposed for a fixed period or permanently. (2) The period of a fixed-term disqualification shall not be shorter than one year or longer than ten years. A person may be permanently disqualified if he is unfit for or unworthy of exercising the profession. (3) The period of disqualification from a profession shall commence when the conclusive decision becomes final and binding. If disqualification from a profession is imposed in addition to imprisonment, the term of imprisonment served by the convict shall not be credited to, and any period during which he evaded the enforcement of the imprisonment shall not be included in, the period of disqualification. The period of release on parole shall be credited to the period of the disqualification from a profession if release on parole is not terminated. 14 Contact: eu-forditas@im.gov.hu