General Part

Section 3.

Punishment.

Chapter 10.

Assignment of punishment.

Article 67. Assignment of punishment by accumulation of sentences.

1. If the convict commits another crime after sentencing, but before the expiry of the term of the sentence, the court adds the unserved part of the previously assigned punishment to the newly assigned punishment, in full or partially.

2. The final punishment by accumulation of sentences, provided it does not involve imprisonment, can not exceed the maximal punishment of this type envisaged in the General Part of this Code.

3. The final imprisonment by accumulation of sentences can not exceed 20 years.

4. The final punishment by accumulation of sentences must be greater than both the punishment for the newly committed crime, and the unserved part of the punishment assigned by the previous sentence.

5. When assigning a punishment by accumulation of sentences, the addition of supplementary punishments is done as prescribed in Article 67 of this Code.

6. If a new crime is committed by a life-server, the newly assigned punishment is absorbed by the life sentence .