Bosnia and Herzegovina

Criminal Code of Bosnia and Herzegovina

GENERAL PART

VII C H A P T E R S E V E N
PUNISHMENT

General Principles of Meting out Punishments
Article 48

(1) The court shall impose the punishment within the limits provided by law for that particular offence, having in mind the purpose of punishment and taking into account all the circumstances bearing on the magnitude of punishment (extenuating and aggravating circumstances), and, in particular: the degree of guilt, the motives for perpetrating the offence, the degree of danger or injury to the protected object, the circumstances in which the offence was perpetrated, the past conduct of the perpetrator, his personal situation and his conduct after the perpetration of the criminal offence, as well as other circumstances related to the personality of the perpetrator.
(2) In ruling on the punishment for the criminal offence in recidivism, the court shall take into special consideration whether the most recent offence is of the same type as the previous one, whether both acts were perpetrated from the same motive, and it will also consider the period of time which has elapsed since the pronunciation of the previous conviction, or since the punishment has been served or pardoned.
(3) In fixing a fine, the court shall take into consideration the situation of the perpetrator in terms of property, taking into account the amount of his salary, his other income, his assets and his family obligations.

Reduction of Punishment
Article 49


The court may set the punishment below the limit prescribed by the law, or impose a milder type of punishment:
a) When law provides the possibility of reducing the punishment;
b) When the court determines the existence of highly extenuating circumstances, which indicate that the purpose of punishment can be attained by a lesser punishment.

Keywords

Sentencing - national proceedings
Determination of sentence - national proceedings



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