Book ONE
General Provisions on Crimes and Punishments
Part Two
Punishments
Book ONE
Fundamental Punishments
Imprisonment
Article (39):
Imprisonment shall not be meted out for less than 24 hours; shall not be
more than 10 years unless otherwise stipulated by the Law.
1. Subject to article 110, the Court may impose one of the following penalties on a person convicted of a crime referred to in article 5 of this Statute:
(a) Imprisonment for a specified number of years, which may not exceed a maximum of 30 years; or
(b) A term of life imprisonment when justified by the extreme gravity of the crime and the individual circumstances of the convicted person.
2. In addition to imprisonment, the Court may order:
(a) A fine under the criteria provided for in the Rules of Procedure and Evidence;
(b) A forfeiture of proceeds, property and assets derived directly or indirectly from that crime, without prejudice to the rights of bona fide third parties.