Croatia

Criminal Code

CROATIA CRIMINAL CODE

GENERAL PART

CHAPTER FIVE (v) - PUNISHMENT AND SENTENCING

Article 56

In determining the type and range of punishment within the limits established by law for the committed criminal offense, the court, bearing in mind the purpose of punishment, shall take into consideration all the circumstances which result in a less or more serious punishment for the perpetrator of a criminal offense (the mitigating or aggravating circumstances) and in particular the following: the degree of culpability, motives for committing the criminal offense, the degree of peril or injury to the protected good, the circumstances under which the criminal offense was committed, the conditions in which the perpetrator had lived prior to committing the criminal offense and his abidance by the laws, the circumstances he lives in and his conduct after the perpetration of the criminal offense, particularly his relation towards the injured person and his efforts to compensate for the damage caused by the criminal offense, as well as the totality of social and personal grounds which contributed to the perpetration of the criminal offense.

Keywords

Sentencing - national proceedings
Determination of sentence - national proceedings
Aggravating factors - national proceedings
Mitigating factors - national proceedings



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