Serbia

Criminal Code

GENERAL PART

Chapter Four
PENALTIES

2. Determination of Sentence

Repeat Offence
Article 55

The court may, in determining punishment for a perpetrator of a criminal offence they committed after serving of sentence, pardon or sentence under limitations or remittance of punishment, upon expiry of period for revocation of parole or admonition by the court, take such circumstance as aggravating, and shall give particular consideration to seriousness of the previous offence, whether the previous offence was of the same kind as the latter, whether both offences were committed from same motives, circumstances under which the offences were committed and the time elapsed from the previous conviction or pronounced punishment, pardon or sentence under limitations, remittance of punishment or of the expiry of the time limit for revocation of previous suspended sentence or pronounced caution by the court .

Keywords

Recidivism of criminal offences



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