Act C of 2012 on the Criminal Code (as in force on 1 April 2022) This document has been produced for informational purposes only. d) he committed an intentional criminal offence during a probationary period of suspended imprisonment. (3) The probationary period shall not be shorter than one year or longer than three years, and it shall be determined in years, or in years and months. (4) A person released on probation may be placed under probationary supervision. If a person released on probation violates the rules of behaviour of probationary supervision, the probationary period may be extended once by up to one year. Section 66 (1) Release on probation shall be terminated and a penalty shall be imposed if the person released on probation a) is sentenced during the probationary period for a criminal offence committed before being released on probation, b) is sentenced for a criminal offence committed during the probationary period, or c) violates seriously the rules of behaviour of probationary supervision. (2) Apart from the cases specified in paragraph (1), the liability to punishment of the perpetrator shall terminate after the expiry of the probationary period. Reparation work Section 67 (1) The court may postpone sentencing the perpetrator of a misdemeanour or a felony punishable by not more than three years of imprisonment for a period of one year and order the performance of reparation work if there is reasonable ground to believe that the objective of punishment can also be achieved in this way. Probationary supervision may also be ordered in addition to ordering the performance of reparation work. (2) A person shall not be ordered to perform reparation work if a) he is a recidivist, b) he committed the criminal offence in a criminal organisation, c) he committed an intentional criminal offence after being sentenced to imprisonment to be served but before enforcement of the sentence was completed, or d) he committed an intentional criminal offence during a probationary period of suspended imprisonment. (3) The perpetrator may, according to his choice, perform the reparation work at or for an institution maintained by the State or a local government, a public interest non-governmental organisation or an ecclesiastical legal person. (4) The period of reparation work shall be determined in hours, and it shall not be shorter than twenty-four hours or longer than one hundred and fifty hours. Section 68 (1) If the perpetrator provides appropriate evidence within one year that he has performed reparation work, his liability to punishment shall terminate. (2) If the perpetrator does not provide evidence of having performed reparation work or violates seriously the rules of probationary supervision, the court shall impose a penalty. If the perpetrator cannot provide evidence of having performed reparation work for health reasons, the time limit for providing evidence of having performed reparation work may be extended once by up to one year. Probationary supervision Section 69 (1) Probationary supervision may be ordered a) for the period of conditional suspension by the prosecutor, b) for the period of release on parole, c) for the probationary period of release on probation, d) in addition to ordering the performance of reparation work, 19 Contact: eu-forditas@im.gov.hu