Act C of 2012 on the Criminal Code (as in force on 1 April 2022) This document has been produced for informational purposes only. (6) If the earliest date of release on parole from life imprisonment is postponed due to fixedterm imprisonment as per paragraph (1), (2), (4) or (5), the earliest date of release on parole shall be determined with regard to the period served in pre-trial detention and under criminal supervision and credited to the period of the fixed-term imprisonment. (7) A convict shall not be released on parole if he is sentenced to life imprisonment once more. If his previous life imprisonment has not yet been enforced, the latter life imprisonment shall not be enforced. (8) Confinement Section 46 (1) The period of confinement shall be determined in days, and it shall not be shorter than five days or longer than ninety days. (2) Confinement shall be served in a penal institution. Community service Section 47 (1) The period of community service shall be determined in hours, and it shall not be shorter than forty-eight hours or longer than three hundred and twelve hours. (2) Unless otherwise provided by an Act, community service shall be performed by the convict without any remuneration on at least one day per week, on the weekly rest day or in his free time. (3) (4) A person sentenced to community service shall be required to perform the service prescribed for him. The perpetrator shall be required to perform a service he is foreseeably able to perform, taking his health and qualifications into account. Section 48 (1) If the convict does not perform the service prescribed for him due to his own fault, the community service or its remaining part shall be converted to imprisonment. (2) Imprisonment replacing a community service sentence shall be enforced in a lowsecurity penal institution. (3) Imprisonment replacing a community service sentence may be shorter than three months. Section 49 If the convict is sentenced to imprisonment to be served for a criminal offence committed after being sentenced to community service, and the community service sentence has not yet been enforced, the community service or its remaining part shall be converted to imprisonment, four hours of community service being the equivalent of one day of imprisonment. Any period remaining after the conversion of community service shall be considered equivalent to one day of imprisonment. Financial penalty Section 50 (1) Financial penalty shall be imposed by determining the number of daily units according to the material gravity of the criminal offence, and the amount of one daily unit, taking into account the financial situation, income, personal circumstances and lifestyle of the perpetrator. (2) The person sentenced to fixed-term imprisonment for a criminal offence committed for gain shall be sentenced to a financial penalty as well if he has appropriate income or assets. (3) The number of daily units of a financial penalty shall not be lower than thirty or higher than five hundred and forty. The amount of one daily unit shall not be less than one thousand forints or more than five hundred thousand forints. 13 Contact: eu-forditas@im.gov.hu