Act C of 2012 on the Criminal Code (as in force on 1 April 2022)
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b) one day of confinement shall be considered equivalent to one day of imprisonment, four
hours of community service, one daily unit of financial penalty, six hours of reparation work
or one day of special education in a juvenile correctional institution,
c) four hours of community service shall be considered equivalent to one day of
imprisonment, one day of confinement, one daily unit of financial penalty, six hours of
reparation work or one day of special education in a juvenile correctional institution,
d) one daily unit of financial penalty shall be considered equivalent to one day of
imprisonment, one day of confinement, four hours of community service, six hours of
reparation work or one day of special education in a juvenile correctional institution,
e) one day of special education in a juvenile correctional institution shall be considered
equivalent to one day of imprisonment, one day of confinement, four hours of community
service, one daily unit of financial penalty or six hours of reparation work,
f) six hours of reparation work shall be considered equivalent to one day of imprisonment,
one day of confinement, four hours of community service, one daily unit of financial penalty
or one day of special education in a juvenile correctional institution.
Accumulative sentence
Section 93 (1) If the perpetrator is subject to multiple sentences of fixed-term
imprisonment, the final and binding sentences shall be accumulated in line with the provisions
of the Act if the perpetrator committed all criminal offences prior to the announcement of the
earliest first instance conclusive decision.
(2) An accumulative sentence may include only sentences of imprisonment to be served
which are yet to be served or are being served at the time of accumulation.
(3) If a sentence of suspended imprisonment becomes enforceable subsequently, it shall be
deemed a sentence of imprisonment to be served for the purpose of accumulation.
(4) The following shall not be included in an accumulative sentence:
a) a sentence already included in an accumulative sentence,
b) a sentence of imprisonment replacing a financial penalty or community service.
Section 94 The period of an accumulative sentence shall be determined as if a concurrent
sentence were imposed. The period of an accumulative sentence shall, however, reach the
sum of the period of the most serious sentence and one third of the period of the shorter
sentence or sentences, but it shall not exceed the sum of all sentences.
Section 95 (1) If individual sentences of imprisonment that are to be enforced in penal
institutions of different security levels are included in an accumulative sentence, the
accumulative sentence shall be served in the penal institution of the highest security level. If
the period of the accumulative sentence reaches or exceeds three years or, for a multiple
recidivist, two years, the accumulative sentence shall be served in a penal institution of the
corresponding security level.
(2) If the security level determined according to paragraph (1) would represent an unfair
disadvantage for the convict, a level one step lower may be applied.
(3) If the possibility of release on parole is not excluded, its earliest date shall be determined
by applying the strictest provision. A convict shall not be released on parole from an
accumulative sentence if the possibility of release on parole is excluded regarding any of his
sentences of imprisonment.
(4) If the sentence of imprisonment regarding which the possibility of release on parole is
excluded due to the fault of the convict is subsequently included in an accumulative sentence,
the convict shall not be released on parole from the accumulative sentence either.
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