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

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RELEVANT SECTIONS OF THE IMPLEMENTING LEGISLATION

GENERAL PART

TITLE THREE
CRIMINAL LIABILITY

CHAPTER TEN
IMPOSITION OF AND RELEASE FROM PUNISHMENT

Article 59. Counting the Period of Detention

59.1. The court shall include the period of detention into the term of penalty. In case of imprisonment in prison the period of detention shall not be included into the term of penalty.

59.2. 1 day of detention shall be counted as 1 day of incarceration and as 24 hours of forced labor when including into the term of penalty.

59.3. If a detained person has been imposed a fine or deprivation of the right to hold specified positions or engage in specified business as the principal penalty the court may, taking into account the detention, commute the imposed penalty or consider the convict as served the penalty.