Slovenia

Criminal Code of the Republic of Slovenia

GENERAL PART

Chapter Four

SENTENCES

2. Sentencing

Concurrence of Criminal Offences
Article 53

(1) If the perpetrator is being tried for two or more criminal offences simultaneously, the court shall first determine the sentence for each offence concerned and thereafter shall impose a combined sentence for all criminal offences in concurrence.

(2) The combined sentence shall be imposed under the following conditions:
1) if the sentence of imprisonment for a term of thirty years has been determined for two or more concurrent criminal offences under paragraph 2 of Article 46 of this Penal Code, the combined sentence of life imprisonment shall be imposed;
2) if the sentence of imprisonment has been determined for all concurrent offences, the combined sentence shall exceed each sentence determined for a particular offence but may neither exceed the total sum of all sentences imposed for the concurrent offences nor may it exceed twenty years of imprisonment;
3) if a prison sentence for a term not exceeding three years is prescribed by the law for all concurrent criminal offences, the combined sentence shall not exceed a term of eight years;
4) if a fine has been fixed for all concurrent criminal offences, the court shall increase the maximum amount of the fine, whereby it may neither exceed the total sum of fines fixed for each concurrent offence nor the total of three hundred and sixty daily instalments or EUR 15.000,00; if any of the criminal offences have been committed out of greed, the increased fine may not exceed the total of one thousand five hundred daily instalments or EUR 50.000,00;
5) if a prison sentence has been determined for some concurrent criminal offences and a fine for others, a single combined sentence of imprisonment and a single compound fine shall be imposed under points 2, 3 and 4 of this paragraph;
6) if more than one accessory sentence has been fixed for more than one concurrent criminal offence of the same type, a compound accessory sentence shall be imposed with the proviso that it shall exceed neither the total sum of the aforementioned sentences nor the maximum limit provided for the sentence in question.

(3) If a prison sentence for a term of over ten years has been determined for at least three criminal offences, a combined prison sentence of thirty years may be imposed.

(4) The accessory sentence shall be imposed on the perpetrator even if it is prescribed for only one of the concurrent criminal offences; if more than one fine has been fixed, a single compound fine shall be imposed under point 4 of paragraph 2 of the this Article.

Keywords

Joint sentence following multiple convictions - national proceedings



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