GENERAL PART

SECTION THREE. PUNISHMENT

CHAPTER X. PURPOSES AND TYPES OF PUNISHMENT

Article 39. Purpose of Punishment

3. The purpose of punishment shall not be a physical suffering of a human being or humiliation of his/her dignity.

GENERAL PART

SECTION THREE. PUNISHMENT

CHAPTER X. PURPOSES AND TYPES OF PUNISHMENT

Article 50. Imprisonment for Specific Term
1. Imprisonment for a specific term shall mean the isolation of the convict from the society and placement into the penitentiary institution prescribed under this Code.
2. Imprisonment for a specific term shall be awarded for the term extending from six to twenty years.
3. In case of converting corrective labour or restriction of freedom into imprisonment for a specific term, it may be awarded for the term non-exceeding six months.
4. In case of summing up sentences according to the accumulation of crimes the maximum term of imprisonment shall not be in excess of twenty-five years and in case of summing up sentences according to the accumulation of convictions - thirty years.

Article 51. Life Imprisonment
1. Life imprisonment may be awarded only in case of especially grave crime.
2. Life imprisonment shall in no way be awarded against those who have not reached eighteen years by the moment of committing a crime or who have reached sixty years by the moment of delivering the sentence.

Article 52. Types of Penitentiary Institutions for Those Sentenced to Imprisonment
1. The sentence to be served by imprisonment shall be awarded:
a) in general regime institution against the one who is sentenced to imprisonment for premeditated misdemeanour or grave crime as well as against the one convicted of crime of negligence;
b) in stringent regime institution against the one who is for the first time sentenced to imprisonment for any especially grave crime as well as in case of recidivism or dangerous recidivism if the convict previously served the sentence for imprisonment;
c) in prison against those who are sentenced to life imprisonment in case of especially dangerous recidivism as well as in case of being sentenced to more than five years of imprisonment for especially grave crime.
2. The court in compliance with the legislation of Georgia may change the type of institution determined under the sentence on sentence execution