Act C of 2012 on the Criminal Code (as in force on 1 April 2022) This document has been produced for informational purposes only. (5) If the criminal offence is to be punished by confinement under this Act, community service, financial penalty, disqualification from a profession, disqualification from driving a vehicle, ban on entering certain areas, ban on visiting sports events, or expulsion may be imposed, individually or in any combination, instead of or in addition to confinement. (6) It shall not be possible to impose a) confinement or community service in addition to imprisonment, b) community service or financial penalty in addition to expulsion, c) financial penalty in addition to life imprisonment. Imprisonment Section 34 Imprisonment shall be imposed for a fixed period or for life. Section 35 (1) If the court imposes a sentence of imprisonment, it shall be enforced in lowsecurity penal institution, medium-security penal institution, or high-security penal institution. (2) With regard to the circumstances taken into account at sentencing, the penalty may be ordered to be enforced in a penal institution one level below or above the security level specified in the Act. This provision shall not apply to life imprisonment imposed under section 44 (1) to (2) or section 90 (2). Fixed-term imprisonment Section 36 The term of a fixed-term imprisonment shall not be shorter than three months or longer than twenty years; if the perpetrator commits the criminal offence in a criminal organisation or as a special or multiple recidivist, or if a concurrent sentence or accumulative sentence is imposed, the term of fixed-term imprisonment shall not be longer than twenty-five years. Section 37 (1) Imprisonment imposed for a misdemeanour shall be enforced in a lowsecurity penal institution, unless the convict is a recidivist. (2) Imprisonment shall be enforced in a medium-security penal institution if it was imposed a) for felony, or b) for misdemeanour and the convict is a recidivist. (3) Imprisonment shall be enforced in a high-security penal institution if a) imprisonment for three years or more was imposed for aa) a criminal offence specified in Chapters XIII, XIV or XXIV, ab) a military criminal offence that may be punished also by life imprisonment, ac) a terrorist act [section 314 (1) to (2), sections 315 to 316/A], terrorism financing [sections 318 and 318/A], unlawful seizure of a vehicle [section 320 (1) to (3)], participation in a criminal organisation [section 321 (1)], abuse of explosives or detonating equipment (section 324), abuse of firearms or ammunition [section 325 (1) to (3)], abuse of a weapon prohibited by an international treaty [section 326 (1) to (6)], abuse of military products or services [section 329 (1) to (4)], abuse of dual-use products [section 330 (1) to (3), ad) an aggravated case of homicide, drug trafficking, drug possession, kidnapping, trafficking in human beings and forced labour, sexual violence, causing public danger, violation of an international economic restriction or robbery [section 160 (2), section 176 (2) to (3), section 177 (1) to (2), section 178 (2), section 179 (2), section 190 (2) to (4), section 192 (1) to (6) , section 197 (2) to (4), section 322 (2) to (3), section 327 (3), section 365 (3) to (4)] or 9 Contact: eu-forditas@im.gov.hu