. (2) A sentence of life imprisonment shall be passed instead of imprisonment in the penitentiary for life. A sentence of imprisonment for a fixed period shall be passed instead of imprisonment in the penitentiary for a fixed period, the sentence scale provided for imprisonment in the penitentiary shall be used. If no specific minimum and maximum periods have been provided, a sentence of imprisonment for at least six months and at most twelve years shall be passed instead of imprisonment in the penitentiary. (3) Unless otherwise provided, the maximum period of imprisonment on the basis of a penal provision enacted before 1 July 1975 is four years. (4) The provisions on imprisonment in the penitentiary for life also apply to life imprisonment. [sections 4—5 have been repealed; 550/1999] Section 6 If a penalty is to be set on the basis of the value of given property, the value of the property at the time of the commission of the offence is decisive. Section 7 (792/1989) (1) Dismissal referred to in the penal provisions in Chapters 11 and 40 of this Code comprises the forfeiture of the public office or function in which the offence was committed. If the public official has transferred from the office in which the offence was committed to another corresponding office, the dismissal comprises the forfeiture of that office. (990/2009) (2) In cases referred to in section 10 of this Chapter the dismissal comprises the forfeiture of the public office, function or the public offices and functions that the convicted person has at the time when the sentence is passed. [sections 8 and 9 have been repealed; 792/1989] Section 10 (604/2002) (1) A public official, a person elected to a public office or a person who exercises public authority who is sentenced to life imprisonment shall also be dismissed from office. He or she shall be dismissed also if he or she is sentenced to imprisonment for a fixed period that is at least two years, unless the court deems that the offence does not demonstrate that the sentenced person is unsuitable to serve as a public official or to attend to a public function. (2) If a person referred to in subsection 1 is sentenced for an intentional offence to imprisonment for a period that is less than two years, he or she may at the same time be dismissed from office if the offence demonstrates that he or she is apparently unsuitable to serve as a public official or to attend to the public function. However, a member of the representative body of a public corporation who has