BOOK I
GENERAL PART
TITLE III
CIRCUMSTANCES
SINGLE CHAPTER
GENERAL RULES
Article 54. Habitual criminality
1. Whenever any person commits a crime of intent, and an actual prison sentence exceeding one year should be applied, and cumulatively, the following requirements are met :
a) The perpetrator has previously committed three or more crimes of intent and has been punished by effective imprisonment ;
b) Less than three years having elapsed between each of the crimes ;
c) Assessment of both the acts and personality of the perpetrator reveals a strong or dangerous tendency toward crime ;
The applicable penalty will be that for the crime committed with its minimum and maximum limits increased by one-third.
2. Provisions of this law shall prevail over any specific rules for punishing recurrence.
Repetition of criminal offences
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