3. Restraint of liberty shall not be imposed on minors, pregnant women and women having
children under 14 years of age, persons of retirement age, military servants in active service,
and persons with the first or second degree disability.
Article 62. Custody of military servants in a penal battalion
1. The punishment of custody in a penal battalion shall be imposed on military servants in
active service for a term of six months to two years in cases provided for in this Code, and
also where a court, having regard to the circumstances of the crime and the character of the
convicted person, finds it possible to substitute an imprisonment for a term not exceeding two
years by a custody in a penal battalion for the same term.
2. Custody of military servants in a penal battalion shall not be applied to substitute
imprisonment for the persons who previously served a sentence of imprisonment.
Article 63. Imprisonment for a determinate term
1. The punishment of imprisonment consists in confinement of a convicted person and placing
him or her in a penitentiary institution for a determinate period of time.
2. Imprisonment shall be imposed for a term of one to fifteen years.
Article 64. Life imprisonment
1. The punishment of life imprisonment is imposed for special grave offenses and shall apply
only in cases specifically provided for by this Code, where a court does not find it possible to
impose imprisonment for a determinate term.
2. Life imprisonment shall not be imposed on persons who committed offenses under 18 years
of age and to persons over 65 years of age, and women who were pregnant at the time of
offense or at the time of sentencing.
Chapter XI. IMPOSITION OF PUNISHMENT
Article 65. General principles of imposition of punishment
1. A court shall impose a punishment:
(1) within the limits prescribed by a sanction of that article of the Special Part of this
Code, which creates liability for the committed criminal offense;
(2) pursuant to provisions of the General Part of this Code;
(3) having regard to the degree of gravity of the committed offense, character of the
guilty person, method and motives of the committed offense, nature and extend of
damages, and circumstances mitigating or aggravating the punishment.
2. The punishment imposed on an offender should be adequate and sufficient to reform the
offender and prevent new offenses.
3. The grounds for imposing a punishment milder than the one prescribed for a committed
offense in a relevant article of the Special Part of this Code, are specified in Article 69 of this
Code.