(5) The rules under paragraph 1 - 4 shall not apply for the punishments foreseen in the
Special Part of this Code under Article 37, paragraph 1, sub-paragraph 2 - 11.
Article 59
(1) (Amended, SG No. 92/2002 - effective 1.01.2005 with respect to the punishment of
probation, amended, SG No. 26/2004, effective 1.01.2004, SG No. 103/2004, effective 1.01.2005,
SG No. 27/2009) The time period in which the convict was detained or under home arrest shall
be deducted from the period of serving the punishment of imprisonment or probation as follows:
1. one day of detention shall count as one day of imprisonment or as three days of
probation;
2. two days of home arrest shall count as one day of imprisonment or as two days of
probation.
(2) (New, SG No. 27/2009) Besides the measure detention in custody, detetion in the sense
of paragraph 1 shall be any other detention under the procedure of the Criminal Procedures Code,
the Ministry of Interior Act or another act related to the crime for which the person was
convicted or detained for execution of the punishment.
(3) (New, SG No. 28/1982, renumbered from Paragraph 2, SG No. 27/2009) The provision
of the preceding paragraph shall also be applied where the convict has been detained under
charges for another crime, the proceedings for which were terminated or ended by sentence of
acquittal, if the provision of Article 23, paragraph (1) may be applied with respect to the acts.
(4) (New, SG No. 28/1982, amended, SG No. 103/2004, effective 1.01.2005, renumbered
from Paragraph 3, SG No. 27/2009, supplemented, SG No. 95/2016) In serving of punishment by
imprisonment under Article 37, Paragraph 1, items 6 and 7 (1), deducted shall be the time during
which the convict has been deprived of the possibility to exercise such rights by administrative
order or under the procedure of Article 69a of the Criminal Procedure Code.
Chapter Six
SPECIAL RULES FOR UNDERAGE PERSONS
Article 60
Punishment shall be imposed on underage persons above all with the objective to
re-educate and prepare them for socially useful work.
Article 61
(1) (Amended, SG No. 89/1986, SG No. 75/2006) With respect to an underage person who
has committed a crime carried away by circumstances or because of thoughtlessness, which does
not constitute great social danger, the prosecutor may decide to abstain from instigating pre-trial
proceedings or to terminate the instigated proceedings, and the court may decide not to have him
brought to court or not to have him tried, provided with regard to him educative measures can
successfully be applied pursuant to the Control of Juvenile Anti-Social Behaviour Act.
(2) In such cases the court itself may impose an educative measure, informing thereof the
local Commission Against Anti-Social Acts of Minors and Underage Persons, or forwarding
thereto the court file for imposition of such a measure.
(3) (Amended, SG No. 89/1986, SG No. 107/1996, SG No. 26/2004, SG No. 75/2006)
Where the prosecutor decides not to institute pre-trial proceedings or to put an end to pre-trial