Chapter 2 - Penalties
Section 3
(2) A sentence of life imprisonment shall be passed instead of imprisonment in the penitentiary for life. A sentence of imprisonment for a fixed period shall be passed instead of imprisonment in the penitentiary for a fixed period, the sentence scale provided for imprisonment in the penitentiary shall be used. If no specific minimum and maximum periods have been provided, a sentence of imprisonment for at least six months and at most twelve years shall be passed instead of imprisonment in the penitentiary.
(3) Unless otherwise provided, the maximum period of imprisonment on the basis of a penal provision enacted before 1 July 1975 is four years.
(4) The provisions on imprisonment in the penitentiary for life also apply to life imprisonment.
National penalties - national proceedings
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