(1) The court shall sentence the offender who has committed a crime in the state of mental incompetence or significantly decreased mental competence to compulsory psychiatric treatment in freedom, if it determines that due to this state, he could commit a crime again, while his treatment in freedom is sufficient for removing this danger. (2) The measure referred to in paragraph 1 may be pronounced against a mentally incompetent offender or offender whose mental competence has been significantly decreased for whom a compulsory psychiatric treatment and custody in a health institution was determined, when based on the results of the treatment, the court finds that it is not necessary any more for him to be under custody and to be treated in a health institution, but only in freedom. (3) Under the conditions referred to in paragraph 1, the court may also pronounce a compulsory psychiatric treatment in freedom against an offender whose mental competence is significantly decreased and who has been released on probation based on Article 63 paragraph 3. (4) Compulsory psychiatric treatment in freedom when applied to an offender whose mental competence has been significantly decreased cannot last longer than two years. (5) For an offender whose mental competence has been significantly decreased and has been sentenced to imprisonment, the time spent undergoing an obligatory psychiatric treatment in freedom shall be considered as part of the imprisonment sentence. (6) If in the cases referred to in paragraphs 1, 2 and 3 the offender does not submit himself to treatment in freedom, or if he self-willingly abandons the treatment, or if the conditions for pronouncing the measure referred to in Article 63 have been acquired, the court may substitute it with this measure. Compulsory treatment of alcoholics and drug addicts Article 65 (1) The court may pronounce compulsory treatment for an offender because of addiction to continuous use of alcoholic drinks, narcotics and other psychotropic substances, in case it threatens that due to this addiction the offender may again commit crimes. (2) The measure referred to in paragraph 1 shall be enforced in an institution for serving sentences or in a health or other specialized institution. The time spent in such an institution is considered within the sentence. (3) When pronouncing a conditional conviction, the court may impose the offender treatment in freedom, if the offender agrees to submit to such treatment. If the offender does not submit to treatment in freedom without any justified reason, or if he abandons the treatment self-willingly, the court may determine to revoke the conditional conviction or to 32/217

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