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Military Criminal law applies to all military persons employed in the military service and to those considered to be so employed.

The law prescribes in which cases the military criminal law should apply to discharged personnel, retired personnel, persons assimilated to servicemen, members of the paramilitary corps and any other person unrelated to the national armed forces.

Art. 2. Definition of "military persons" and "national armed forces".

 

Under this Code:

1) "Military persons" refers to all members of the Army, Navy, Airforce, Customs Guard as well as to the individuals designated as such in accordance with the law.

2) "National armed forces" refers to all above mentioned military forces.

Unless otherwise provided for by law, military persons employed in military service are subject to the military criminal law as follows:

 

1) commissioned officers: from the date they are notified their commission until the day they are notified their separation from the service;

2) other military personnel: from the time they are required to report for duty until the date when, upon discharge, they report to the appropriate authority of their place of abode or, for regular non-commissioned officers, until the date they are notified their separation from the service.

The above mentioned persons are subject to the military criminal law also when absent on leave, permanent leave, sick leave, because of preventive detention or other similar reasons.

 

For the purpose of the provisions of this Title, notification means either giving official notice personally to the individual concerned or, if he has not been notified yet, publishing the provision in the official bulletin or other appropriate publication of the national armed forces.

For the purpose of the military criminal law the following personnel are considered in military service:

 

1) commissioned officers on temporary leave or suspended from duty or otherwise retaining their active duty status in accordance with applicable law or regulations even if not in actual service;

2) regular non-commissioned officers on temporary leave;

3) military personnel absent without leave, those who have deserted or fail to report for service or remain otherwise absent from the place of duty without authorization;

4) discharged members serving a military prison sentence either original or substituted for a common punishment;

5) retired members charged with an offence cognizable by the military courts and placed in pre-trial detention in a military place of confinement;

6) any other discharged member of the armed forces considered in military service under military law and regulations.

 

 

Art. 6. Military personnel recalled for military service.

 

Discharged personnel recalled for military service are subject to the military criminal law from the date when they are required to report for duty to the date of their return to the discharged status in accordance with military regulations and, in respect to discharge, with the provisions laid down in article 3.

 

Except the cases in which discharged personnel are considered to be employed in military service as laid down in articles 5 and 6, military personnel discharged to the reserve are subject to the military criminal law in the following cases:

 

1) when they commit an offence against allegiance or military defence as laid down in articles 77 (high treason); 78 (incitement to high treason, conspiracy and armed gang); 84 (intelligence with foreign agents and offer of services); 85 (concealment, destruction, forgery or abstraction of documents or property concerning the military force, organization or defence of the State); 86 (disclosure of military secrets with intent to commit espionage); 87 (agreement among military personnel aimed at disclosing military secrets with the intent to commit espionage); 88 (obtaining secret information with intent to commit espionage); 89-bis (unlawful making of drawings and getting clandestinely into places of military interest with intent to commit espionage); 99 (exchange of correspondence with a foreign government with intent to commit treason and military espionage); 98 (incitement or offer), when incitement or offer are related to any of the offences punishable by articles 84, 85, 86, 87, 88 and 89-bis.

Discharged personnel who commit one of the named offences are subject to the provisions of articles 96, 101 and 102 of this code;

2) when they commit an offence laid down in articles 157, 158 and 159 (self-injury for the purpose of avoiding military service and malingering); article 212 (instigation to commit military offences), and article 238 (offences committed by discharged personnel in connection with service); within the limits and by the terms of articles 160, 214 and 238 of this code;

3) when they fail to report for inspection, by the terms of articles 4 and 7 of art. n. 460 of 27 March 1930, as amended by art. n. 1018 of 3 June 1935 and by art. n.1565 of 7 December 1951, of articles 205 and 207 of royal decree n. 329 of 24 February 1938 and article 103 of royal decree n. 1365 of 28 July 1932.

Art. 8. Separation from the national armed forces.

 

For the purpose of the military criminal law, the following members are considered separated from the Armed Forces:

 

1) commissioned officers, from the day after the notification that they are formally relieved from the obligation to continue in the active military service;

2) other ranks, from the date of their actual discharge.

 

Art. 9. First commission non regular officers.

For the purpose of the military criminal law, non regular officers are considered on discharge from the date of the notification of the commission to the date they are prescribed to start first commission service.

 

Persons assimilated to military personnel and those enlisted in the paramilitary corps are subject to the military criminal law:

 

1) in the cases provided for by the respective special provisions of law;

2) in respect to an offence committed during preventive detention in a military place of confinement.

 

Art. 11. Pilots and masters/commanders of merchant vessels/ commercial aircraft. Embarked persons.

 

The following persons are subject to the military criminal law:

 

1) pilots and masters/commanders of merchant vessels/ commercial aircraft, in respect to the offences punishable by this code and applicable to them;

2) any person embarked on a military vessel or aircraft, from the moment he is notified his destination while on board to the moment of regular debarkation or, in the case of loss of the vessel or aircraft, until the crew is released.

 

For the purpose of the military criminal law, military vessels and aircraft are warships and warplanes, any other vessel or aircraft converted to warship and warplane and any other vessel and aircraft assigned to serving with the national armed forces under a military commander.

 

 

Art. 12. Determination of the rank of assimilated persons and embarked persons.

 

For the purpose of the military criminal law, individuals assimilated to military personnel and any other persons embarked on military vessels or aircraft are considered to hold the rank corresponding, respectively, to the assimilation or to the rank they were placed in the embarkation order.

 

Art. 13. Discharged personnel, persons assimilated to military personnel and persons enrolled in paramilitary corps, considered as unrelated to the national armed forces.

 

Except in the cases laid down in the previous articles, and for the purpose of military criminal law, discharged personnel, personnel on final discharge, persons assimilated to military personnel and persons enrolled in paramilitary corps are considered unrelated to the national armed forces.

 

 

Art. 14. Persons unrelated to the national armed forces.

Any person unrelated to the national armed force who abets someone in a crime is subject to the military criminal law.

In addition to the cases explicitly provided for in law, any person unrelated to the national armed forces who commits one of the offences punishable under articles 94, 136, 140, 141, 142, 145, 182 and 184 will be required to serve the same punishment as directed for military personnel, common punishments being substituted for military punishments in accordance with article 65. However, the severity of the sentence can be lessened as the judge may direct.

Art. 15. Offences committed during military service and found or tried after the termination of it.

All offences committed during military service are punishable under the military penal code, even if the offender is on discharge or has been separated from the national armed forces.

 

 

Art. 16. Unlawful enlistment; ineligibility for enlistment; actual performance of military service.

 

The military criminal law applies to any member of the armed forces found to have unlawfully enlisted or to be ineligible for enlistment and whose enlistment or eligibility have been declared null and void; and, in general, to all persons guilty of such offences who are actually performing military service.

 

Art. 17. Offences committed on the territory of a foreign state during occupation, staging or transit.

 

The military criminal law applies to any person subject to it, also in respect to offences committed by a member of the national armed forces during the occupation of a foreign state or while staging on or transiting through it, in accordance with international conventions, custom and usage.

 

Except in the cases provided for in the previous article 17, any offence committed on the territory of a foreign state by a person subject to the military criminal law shall be punished as prescribed by this law, on the request of the Minister concerned in accordance with article 260.

 

 

 

Art. 19. Matters governed by other military criminal provisions of law.

 

The provisions of this code also apply to the matters governed by the military criminal law of war and any other military criminal provisions of law unless otherwise stated therein.

 

 

 

Art. 20. Application of the military criminal law of war in time of peace.

 

The military criminal law of war applies in time of peace in respect to all cases provided for in law.

 

 

(Superseded by article 5, law n. 167 of march 23, 1956).

 

Title II

 

ON MILITARY PUNISHMENTS.

 

Chapter I

 

ON TYPES OF MILITARY PUNISHMENTS, IN GENERAL.

 

 

Art. 22. Main military punishments: types.

The main military punishments are:

1) death sentence (1).

2) confinement in a military prison.

 

The military criminal law establishes in which cases military offences should be punished by life sentence and imprisonment.

(1) The punishment has been cancelled in respect to crimes made punishable by special laws, other than wartime military laws (art. 1, first sub-section, decree law n. 21 of 22.01.1948). Article 1 of Law n. 589 of October 13, 1994 establishes that in respect to offences punishable under the military penal code of war and the military laws of war, the death penalty has been abolished and commuted to the maximum punishment prescribed under the penal code.

 

Art. 23. Military confinement.

In addition to the punishments named in the first subsection of article 18 of the Penal Code, the term sentences of detention or restraint of an individual’s personal liberty also includes military confinement.

 

Art. 24. Additional military punishments: types.

Additional military punishments are:

 

1) demotion;

2) dismissal;

3) suspension from duty;

4) privation of rank;

5) publication of the verdict of guilty.

 

Chapter II

 

ON MAIN MILITARY PUNISHMENTS, IN PARTICULAR.

Art. 25. Death sentence (1).

 

The death sentence shall be executed by shooting in the breast, in a military place.

The death sentence shall be executed by shooting in the back, if the sentence carries demotion.

The rules for the execution of the death penalty are laid down in military regulations approved by decree of the President of the Republic.

The death penalty by shooting in the back, where expressly provided for by the military criminal law in respect to offences committed by persons unrelated to the national armed forces, is regarded as equal to the death penalty with demotion to all intents and purposes.

 

(1) See note at article 22.

 

Art. 26. Military confinement.

A sentence of military confinement may last from one month to twenty-four years and shall be served in a military place of confinement with the obligation to work, in accordance with the relevant legislation or military regulations approved by decree of the President of the Republic.

If the term is 6 months or less, the sentence may be served in a special section of the military place of custody.

Commissioned officers whose sentence does not carry demotion, shall serve their term in a different prison than that destined to other military personnel.

 

Punishment by imprisonment, either imposed or to be imposed on military personnel charged with a military offence, will be commuted to military confinement for an equal term if the sentence does not carry demotion.

In the above case, in determining additional punishments and other penal effects of the sentence, military confinement is taken into account.

 

Art. 28. Demotion.

 

Demotion applies to all military personnel, is permanent and deprives the condemned person of:

1) military status and, unless otherwise provided for in law, the ability to perform any service, duty or work for the armed forces;

2) decorations.

 

The law prescribes in which cases the death sentence should include demotion.

Life imprisonment, a sentence to imprisonment for no less than 5 years and the statement that the offender has a tendency towards habitual offence, has made a habit of crime or has a tendency to crime, pronounced against military personnel in military service or discharged who have committed a military offence, include demotion.

A death sentence with demotion and all other punishments named in the previous subsection do not rule out additional punishments and other penal effects carried by the sentence in accordance with the common criminal law.

 

Art. 29. Dismissal.

Dismissal applies to all military personnel holding a rank or in a grade immediately above the lowest; dismissal is permanent, deprives the condemned person of his rank and demotes him to the lowest military rank.

A sentence to military confinement for more than three years includes demotion unless otherwise provided for by law.

 

 

Art. 30. Suspension from duty.

Suspension from duty applies to commissioned officers and implies the temporary withdrawal from the exercise of office.

A sentence to military confinement includes suspension from duty during the offender’s term of confinement, unless otherwise provided for by law.

 

Art. 31. Privation of rank.

Privation of rank applies to enlisted personnel (NCOs and other ranks) and consists in the temporary taking away of the military rank.

A sentence to military confinement includes the privation of rank during the offender’s term of confinement except in the cases provided for in article 29.

 

Art. 32. Publication of the verdict of guilty.

The death sentence or the sentence to life imprisonment shall be posted in summary in one of the following communes where judgement was pronounced, where the crime was committed, where the headquarters of the unit to which the condemned person was attached is located and where the vessel to which the condemned person was attached is enrolled.

The judge may, for particular reasons, prescribe otherwise or that the sentence be not published.

 

Art. 33. Additional military punishments consequent upon a finding of guilty in respect to offences punishable by the common criminal law.

 

Judgement passed on military personnel in military service or on discharge in respect to one of the offences punishable by the common criminal law shall include, besides the additional punishments, the following:

 

1) demotion, in case of death penalty or life imprisonment or confinement which, under the criminal law, carries permanent disqualification from holding public office;

2) dismissal, in cases other than those named in clause 1, if the condemned person is guilty of a non culpable offence against the state, or any other offences punishable under articles 476 to 493, 530 to 537, 624, 628, 629, 630, 640, 643, 644 and 646 of the penal code, or fraudulent bankruptcy; or, if the condemned person, after serving the sentence, is required to serve a term of detention, for security reasons, in a place of confinement other than a nursing home or an institution for the mentally ill, or to be put on probation;

3) dismissal, suspension from duty or privation of rank, in accordance with the provisions laid down respectively in articles 29, 30 and 31 in all other cases of imprisonment to be commuted to military confinement in accordance with articles 63 and 64.

 

The statement that the offender has a tendency towards habitual offence, has made a habit of crime or has a tendency to crime pronounced at any time against military personnel in military service or on discharge, in respect to offences provided for by common criminal law, includes demotion.

 

Art. 34. Effective date of additional military punishments.

Sentences of demotion and dismissal are effective on the date the sentence is adjudged.

Sentences of suspension from duty and privation of rank are effective from the date the main sentence is ordered executed.

 

A person condemned to death with demotion holds the same status as the person sentenced to life imprisonment.

 

 

Art. 36. Conviction for offences committed with misconduct in office.

In case of conviction for military offences, the provision of article 31of the penal code does not apply.

Art. 37. Military offence.

 

Any violation of the military criminal law is a military offence.

An act which, in its essential constituents, is not considered in full or in part an offence under the common criminal law, is a strictly military offence.

The offences punishable by this code, and those which carry one of the punishments named in article 22 under any other military criminal law are felonies.

 

Art. 38. Infringement of regulations.

 

Infringements of military duties and military discipline which are not offences are subject to military laws and regulations approved by decree of the President of the Republic, and are punishable as prescribed therein.

 

 

Nobody can claim ignorance of the regulations on military status as an excuse (1).

 

(1) Unless ignorance is involuntary (Constitutional Court n. 61/95).

 

 

(Abrogated).

 

Art. 41. Legitimate use of weapons.

Any person subject to this code who in the fulfilment of his duty uses or orders to use, by necessity, weapons or other means of physical constraint to repel an attack or to overcome resistance is not punishable.

 

The law provides for the other cases in which military personnel are authorized to use weapons or other means of physical constraint.

 

 

Art. 42. Self-defence.

In respect to military offences the following provisions apply instead of article 52 of the Penal Code.

Any person subject to this code who commits by necessity a military offence to repel actual and unlawful force from himself or others is not punishable provided that amount of force used in self-defence is commensurate with offence.

Any person subject to this code who commits by necessity one of the offences named in chapters III and IVof Title III, Book II is not punishable if the act is committed:

 

1) to protect his property against the perpetrators of robbery, extortion or kidnapping with the purpose of robbery or ransom, or from pillage;

2) to drive back people engaged in climbing the walls of, breaking or burning his dwelling, any other inhabited house or appurtenances thereof, if this occurs in the night-time or if his dwelling, the other inhabited house or the appurtenances thereof are in an isolated place and there is a well-grounded fear for the safety of its dwellers;

 

If the act is committed in the course of driving back the people engaged in climbing the walls of, breaking or burning his dwelling, any other inhabited house or appurtenances thereof in circumstances other than those under clause 2 of previous subsection, a term of imprisonment of no less than ten years shall be substituted for the death penalty with demotion; a term of imprisonment of six to twenty years shall be substituted for life imprisonment; and the other punishments shall be decreased by a third to a half.

Any person subject to this code who commits an offence by necessity to prevent mutiny, sedition, pillage, devastation and any other act likely to endanger the safety of the place, ship or aircraft, is not punishable.

 

 

Art. 45. Culpable excess.

If while committing one of the acts named in articles 40, 41, 42 last subsection excluded, and 44, the limits imposed by law, by a superior or other authority or those imposed by need are culpably exceeded, the provisions concerning culpable offences shall be applied if the act itself is considered a culpable offence by the law.

 

Art. 46. Punishment for attempted felony.

Attempted felony shall be punished:

 

1) with imprisonment for twenty-four to thirty years if the punishment imposed by the law is death penalty with demotion (1) ;

2) with military confinement for no less than fifteen years if the punishment imposed by the law is shooting in the breast (1) ;

3) with confinement for no less than twelve years if punishment imposed is life penalty.

4) in all other cases, with the punishment imposed for the specific act decreased by a third to a half.

 

(1) See note at article 22.

In addition to the common aggravating circumstances provided for by the penal code, the following circumstances aggravate the military offence when they are not constituents of it nor special aggravating circumstances:

 

1) having acted in fear of a danger when exposure to such danger was a particular legal duty of the offender;

2) having held a rank or a commanding position;

3) having committed the act with the assigned weapons or during the performance of duty or while on board of a military vessel or aircraft;

4) having committed the act in the presence of three or more military persons or, at any rate, in such a place as to give public scandal;

5) having committed the act on the territory of a foreign state while the offender was there for reasons of duty or while unlawfully wearing military uniform.

 

 

 

Art. 48. Common extenuating circumstances.

 

In addition to the common extenuating circumstances provided for by the penal code, the following circumstances mitigate the military offence when they are not constituents of it nor special extenuating circumstances:

 

1) having committed the fact out of an excess of zeal in the performance of military duties;

2) having committed the fact before thirty days have passed since the start of the offender’s military service;

3) having committed the fact because of the unbecoming manners of another member of the military.

 

In respect to military offences, the punishment may be reduced when the offender is well-behaved or of proven bravery.

 

 

Art. 49. Provocation.

 

(Declared unlawful by the Constitutional judgement n. 213 of July 18, 1984).

 

Art. 50. Increase of sentence in the event of only one aggravating circumstance.

 

If the offence is attended with only one aggravating circumstance, and when the law does not make provision for the increase of sentence, the sentence envisaged for the offence committed is increased by up to a third.

Nevertheless, temporary imprisonment to be imposed by virtue of the increase may not be more than 30 years.

 

 

Art. 51. Decrease of sentence in the event of only one extenuating circumstance.

In the offence is attended with only one extenuating circumstance, and when the law does not make provision for the decrease of sentence, the following provisions apply:

 

1) imprisonment from twenty-four to thirty years shall be substituted for the death penalty (1);

2) military confinement from twenty-four to thirty years shall be substituted for the death penalty by shooting in the breast (1);

3) imprisonment from twenty to twenty-four years shall be substituted for life imprisonment;

4) all other punishments are reduced by up to a third.

 

(1) See note at article 22.

 

Art. 52. Limits on increases and decreases of sentences in the event of a combination of more aggravating or extenuating circumstances.

 

In determining the increase or decrease of sentence in the event of a combination of more aggravating or extenuating circumstances, the provision of the penal code apply.

Military confinement to be imposed by virtue of increases may not exceed thirty years.

 

The punishment to be imposed by virtue of decreases may not be less than:

 

1) fifteen years’ imprisonment if, by law, the felony committed carries the death penalty with demotion (1);

2) fifteen years’ military confinement if, by law, the felony committed carries the death penalty by shooting in the breast (1).

 

(1) See note at article 22.

 

Art. 53. Death penalty (1).

 

(1) See note at article 22.

 

 

Art. 54. Concurrence of offences which carry a life sentence.

One who has been convicted of more concurrent offences, each of which carrying a life sentence, shall be sentenced to death penalty with demotion(1).

 

(1) See note at article 22.

 

 

Art. 55. Concurrence of offences carrying both imprisonment and military confinement.

 

In the case of a concurrence of offences involving both imprisonment and military confinement, a single punishment shall be inflicted in accordance with the following:

 

1) if the sentence to imprisonment involves demotion, imprisonment shall be adjudged with an increase equal to the total term of military confinement which should be adjudged for the concurrent offences.

2) if the sentence to imprisonment does not involve demotion, military confinement shall be adjudged with an increase equal to the total term of imprisonment which should be adjudged for the concurrent offences.

 

Art. 56. Limits on the increase of punishment.

In the event of a concurrence of offences, the punishment to be inflicted under the previous article and article 73 of the penal code may not be higher that five times the most severe among the concurrent punishments nor exceed thirty years’ imprisonment or military confinement.

Art. 58. Aggravating circumstances.

 

The punishment for military offences committed in concert by more persons shall be increased not only in the circumstances laid down in articles 111, 112 and 113 (second subsection) of the penal code but also in respect to the superior who committed a crime in concert with a subordinate.

Except when involving demotion, a sentence to imprisonment shall carry the dismissal of the person who committed a crime in concert with a subordinate.

 

Art. 59. Extenuating circumstances.

 

The punishment to be inflicted for the military offence may be decreased:

 

1) in respect to the subordinate who was abetted in the crime by a superior;

2) in respect to the military person who in the preparation or execution of the crime played a minor role, except as laid down in previous article.

For the purpose of effective date of punishment, confinement ordered for disciplinary reasons by the military authority pending trial is considered equivalent to the term of confinement served before the final judgement has been passed.

 

 

Art. 61. Supervision of the execution of sentences to military confinement. Organization of military penal institutions.

The supervision of the execution of sentences to military confinement is a responsibility of the judge.

The organization of the military penal institutions and the modalities for the execution of sentences to military confinement and relevant supervision are set forth in military regulations approved by decree of the President of the Republic.

 

 

Art. 62. Mental illness occurred while serving the sentence.

 

In the case provided for in article 148 of the penal code, a convict may be ordered sent to a public lunatic asylum instead of a psychiatric judiciary hospital also if the punishment inflicted is military confinement for less than three years.

 

Art. 63. Execution of common punishments imposed on military personnel in active duty.

In the execution of punishments imposed on military personnel in active duty in respect to offences punishable under the common criminal law, the following provisions apply:

 

1) the death penalty shall be executed by shooting in the back after demotion (1);

2) life imprisonment and imprisonment, if the sentence includes permanent disqualification from holding public office, shall be executed with demotion in accordance with the law and military regulations;

3) imprisonment, if the sentence does not include permanent disqualification from holding public office, shall be commuted to military confinement for an equal term even if the term to be served is less than one month;

4) penalty, if unpaid due to insolvency of the convict, shall be commuted to military confinement for up to three years, each day of military confinement being reckoned for every five thousand lire, or fraction thereof, of the penalty imposed (2).

5) arrest shall be commuted to military confinement, one day of military confinement being reckoned for every two days of arrest;

6) fine, if unpaid due to insolvency of the convict, shall be commuted to military confinement for up to one year, each day of confinement being reckoned for every five thousand lire, or fraction thereof, of the fine imposed (2).

 

 

(1) See note at article 22.

(2) See article 136 of the penal code, articles 102 and 103 of Law n. 689 of November 24, 1981, Constitutional Court, judgement n. 440 of December 23, 1994 and judgement n. 206 of June 21, 1996.

 

Art. 64. Execution of common punishments imposed on military personnel on temporary service.

 

In the execution of punishments inflicted on military personnel on temporary service in respect to offences punishable by the common criminal law the following applies:

 

1) the offences named in article 264 are subject to the provisions of the previous article;

2) other offences are subject to the provisions in clause 1 and 2 of the previous article, if the sentence includes permanent disqualification from holding public office;

3) in all other cases, the sentence shall be served upon discharge from the compulsory military service or at the end of the period of recall to service.

 

 

Art. 65. Execution of military punishments imposed on persons who do not hold, or have lost military status or are actually performing military service.

 

In the cases named in article 16, the execution of military punishments is subject to the following:

 

1) the death penalty (1) shall be executed in accordance with the provisions laid down in article 25;

2) military confinement shall be commuted to an equal term of imprisonment.

 

These provisions also apply to persons condemned for military offences who have been separated from the service, persons assimilated to military personnel, persons enrolled in paramilitary corps and other persons unrelated to the above forces.

 

(1) See note at article 22.

 

 

 

Title VI

 

ON EXTINCTION OF MILITARY OFFENCES AND PUNISHMENTS.

 

 

 

Art. 66. General rule.

 

The provisions of the penal code on the extinction of offences and punishments, in as much as they are applicable in military criminal matters, also apply to the military offences and punishments, except as provided for in the following articles.

For the purpose of the above, the death penalty (1) under the military criminal law and military confinement are regarded as equal to the death penalty and imprisonment provided for by the penal code.

 

(1) See note at article 22.

 

 

Art. 67. Prescription: offences carrying the death penalty by shooting in the breast.

 

The offences for which the law prescribes the death penalty (1) by shooting in the breast become statute-barren after thirty years.

 

(1) See note at article 22.

 

Art. 68. Special provisions for desertion and failure to report in case of a call to service.

 

For the purpose of desertion and failure to report in case of a call to service, the prescription of the offence and the extinction of punishments are effective, if absence continues, on the date the person concerned reaches the age at which he is no longer subject to compulsory service in accordance with the laws on recruitment.

This provision does not apply to absence without leave and failure to report for training.

 

Art. 69. Probation.

 

(Abrogated).

 

Art. 70. No mention of conviction in the card-index of criminal record.

 

The judge may order that the conviction be not mentioned in the card-index of criminal record even when, in respect to a first conviction, the sentence is a term of military confinement no longer than three years, provided that all other conditions laid down in article 175 of the penal code are met with.

The provision in this article also apply if the sentence includes additional military punishments.

 

Art. 71. Conditional release.

 

Any convict who has been sentenced to a term of military confinement longer than three years and has served half of the term, or at least three quarters of it if a repeater and, at any rate, no less than three years, and has behaved well, may be granted conditional release if the remainder of the punishment is less than three years.

The granting, effects and revocation of conditional release are governed by the common criminal law, except as provided in article 76 of this code.

 

 

Art. 72. Rehabilitation.

 

Rehabilitation ordered in accordance with the common criminal law does not extinguish additional military punishments and the other military criminal effects.

In respect to a person who has been rehabilitated in accordance with the common criminal law, additional military punishments and any other military criminal effects are extinguished by the rehabilitation granted according to the military criminal law.

A sentence of rehabilitation which has been granted in accordance with the previous subsection shall be revoked of law in the cases provided for in articles 180 and 181 of the penal code.

 

 

Art. 73. Effects of amnesty, remission, mercy and rehabilitation on demotion growing out of conviction.

 

Except as otherwise provided in the sentence, amnesty, remission or mercy do not restore the rank from which the person was demoted as a result of conviction.

Except as otherwise provided for in law, rehabilitation does not restore the rank from which the person was demoted as a result of conviction.

Art. 74. General rule.

 

The provisions of the common criminal law concerning security administrative measures also apply to military criminal matters, except as provided for in the following articles.

For the purpose of the above provision, the death penalty (1) under the military criminal law and military confinement are regarded as equal to the death penalty and imprisonment under the penal code. However, in respect to the sentence to military confinement, the provision under clause 1, article 230 of the penal code does not apply.

 

(1) See note at article 22.

 

Art. 75. Residence prohibition.

 

In addition to the cases named in article 233 of the penal code, a person who has committed one of the offences against allegiance or military defence may be prohibited from staying in one or more communes, one or more provinces, as the judge may direct, in accordance with the common criminal law.

 

 

Art. 76. Suspension of security measures.

 

During military service, the security measures ordered under the common criminal law or the military criminal law are suspended, except for persons ordered to a nursing home or a place of custody, a psychiatric judiciary hospital, a house of correction or in case of confiscation.

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