Chapter 2(c) – Imprisonment

General provisions

Section 4 – Combined sentences of imprisonment

(1) If the sentenced person is to serve at the same time several fixed-term sentences of imprisonment which are not to be joined, these shall be combined in the prison.

(2) A life sentence of imprisonment incorporates all sentences of imprisonment, conversion sentences for unpaid fines, and detention that are to be enforced at the same time as the life sentence of imprisonment.

Chapter 2(c) – Imprisonment

Conditional release

Section 6 – Conditional release from a joint sentence of imprisonment

If the separate offences of a person serving a joint sentence of imprisonment would result in the application of different proportions referred to in section 5, subsection 2, he or she shall be conditionally released on the basis of the larger proportion.

Chapter 7 - Joint punishment

Section 1 - Sentencing to a joint punishment of imprisonment (755/2010)

(1) If a person is to be sentenced to imprisonment for two or more offences at the same time, he or she shall be sentenced to a joint punishment of imprisonment, unless otherwise provided elsewhere in law.

(2) In cases where one offence would be punishable by imprisonment and one or more of the other offences would be punishable by a fine or a summary penal fee, the court may pass a joint sentence of imprisonment for all the offences. The court may also impose a joint sentence of imprisonment for some of the offences and, in addition, a fine or summary penal fine for the other offences, but not both a fine and a summary penal fine.

(3) If one offence would be punishable by life imprisonment, a sentence of life imprisonment shall be passed as a joint punishment for all the offences.

Chapter 7 - Joint punishment

Section 3 - Joint fine

(1) If a person is to be sentenced at the same time to fines for two or more offences, he or she shall instead be sentenced to a joint fine.

(2) The maximum for a joint fine is two hundred and forty day fines. However, a joint fine may not be greater than the sum of the maximum punishments for the separate offences. If a minimum number of day fines has been provided for an offence in an Act enacted after 1 June 1969, the joint fine may not be less than the said minimum.

(3) What is provided above does not apply to the threat of a fine imposed in euros. (515/2003)

Chapter 7 - Joint punishment

Section 5 - Sentencing to a joint punishment

(1) When sentencing to a joint punishment of imprisonment or a joint fine the provisions in chapter 6 shall be followed, where applicable.

(2) When sentencing to a joint punishment the basis is the penalty for the offence which in the consideration of the court carries the most severe penalty, and the joint punishment for the offences shall be set in just proportion also to the number of offences, their seriousness and their connection with each other. If one of the grounds for increasing or decreasing a punishment referred to in chapter 6 or some other circumstance listed in said chapter only applies to one or some of the offences for which a sentence is being passed, it shall be taken into account to a reasonable degree in setting the joint punishment.