'Reduction of national sentence following pre-trial detention - national proceedings' in document 'Georgia - Criminal Code'

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RELEVANT SECTIONS OF THE IMPLEMENTING LEGISLATION

GENERAL PART

SECTION THREE. PUNISHMENT

CHAPTER XI. SENTENCING

Article 62. Computation of Term of the Sentence and Credit for Service of Sentence
1. The term of deprivation of the right to occupy a position or pursue a particular activity, corrective labour, restriction of the service of a military, restriction of freedom, jail sentence, placement into a disciplinary military unit and imprisonment shall be computed in months and years and the term of socially useful labour - in hours.
2. It is possible to compute the term of the sentence in days in case of changing and summing up of the sentence, as well as credit for the service of the sentence referred to in Paragraph 1 of this article.
3. The time of detention pending trial shall be included into the term of the sentence in manner hereinafter appearing: one day of detention - one day of imprisonment, placement into a disciplinary military unit; two days of restriction of freedom; three days of corrective labour or restriction of the service of a military; eight hours of socially useful labour.
4. The time of detention before the effectiveness of the judgment awarded for the crime perpetrated abroad, as well as the time of serving imprisonment prescribed by the judgment in case of extraditing under Article 6 of this Code shall be credited as follows: one day for one day.
5. If fine or deprivation of the right to occupy a position or pursue a particular activity was awarded as main punishment against the person held in detention pending trial, the court shall commute the awarded sentence in consideration of the time of detention or shall completely release such person from it.