'Continuous criminal offences' in document 'Timor-Leste - Criminal Code'

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RELEVANT SECTIONS OF THE IMPLEMENTING LEGISLATION

BOOK I
GENERAL PART

TITLE II
ON CRIME

CHAPTER IV
JOINDER AND CONTINUOUS CRIMES

Article 35. Joinder of crimes

1. The number of crimes is considered the number of legally defined types of actually committed crimes, or by the number of times that the same type has been committed through the conduct of the perpetrator.

2. For the purpose of applying the following article, joinder is whenever the perpetrator, having committed a crime, commits another crime before final sentence is rendered.

BOOK I
GENERAL PART

TITLE II
ON CRIME

CHAPTER IV
JOINDER AND CONTINUOUS CRIMES

Article 40. Crime and other offences

2. Continuous crime is punishable by the penalty applicable to the most serious conduct that comprises the continuum.