FIRST VOLUME
General Provisions
THIRD CHAPTER
Sanctions
FIRST SECTION
Punishments
Heavy Life Imprisonment
ARTICLE 47-(1) Heavy life imprisonment continues until death of the convict and is enforced under the strict security measures as defined in the law and statute.
Life Imprisonment
ARTICLE 48-(1) Life imprisonment continues until the death of the convict.
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.