PRINCIPAL PUNISHMENTS ACCORDING TO CRIMINAL CODE OF REPUBLIC OF KOSOVO

Abstract

Types of Principal Punishments. The purpose of the Principal punishment. Conditions to impose the principal punishments Punishment of long-life imprisonment; Punishment of imprisonment. Punishment of a fine. From judicial practice. The purpose of the punishment as a criminal sanction is that the perpetrator of the criminal of offence after serving the punishment to come back to social life and as a re-socialised and to be integrated actively in the social life. The punishment of long-life imprisonment is exclusively provided for the most aggravated criminal offences and committed under the presence of special aggravated circumstances. The punishment of imprisonment cannot be imposed less than1monthnormore than 25years, when imprisonment is imposed up to 6 months, it maybe pronounced in full days.The punishment of a fine may not be less than one hundred (100) European Euros (hereinafter “EUR”). While for other aggravated criminal offences as terrorism etc cannot not exceed twenty five thousand (25,000) EUR or, while when the Punishment of a fine cannot be collected from the convicted person could be substituted with punishment of imprisonment which cannot exceed 3 years.

DOI: 10.5901/mjss.2014.v5n19p160