CRIMINAL PROCEDURE CODE

PART II
ON ORDINARY PROCEDURES

TITLE IV
ON EXECUTION

CHAPTER II
ON THE EXECUTION OF A PRISON SENTENCE

Article 328
Beginning and end of imprisonment

1. A convicted person punished with imprisonment begins serving the sentence upon his or her admission to the prison establishment and such a sentence ends with his or her release on the morning of the last day of the sentence.

2. In order to start or finish serving his or her sentence, a convicted person is admitted to or discharged from a prison establishment by means of a writ issued by the trial judge.

BOOK I
GENERAL PART

TITLE IV
LEGAL CONSEQUENCES OF CRIME

CHAPTER II
SENTENCE OF IMPRISONMENT

Article 66. Duration of a prison sentence

1. A prison sentence shall have a minimum duration of 30 days and a maximum of 25 years.

2. In special cases provided for by law, the maximum duration of a prison sentence shall be 30 years.

3. Under no circumstances may the maximum duration referred in the above subarticle be exceeded.