''Part I, Chapter 5 Penalties, Article 51, Death Penalty''
The death penalty is the special punishment to be imposed on offenders in
especially serious cases as stated in the specific part of this Penal Code and other
related Laws with criminal offences and punishments.
The death penalty is carried out by shooting.
It is forbidden to inflict a death sentence on offenders of less than eighteen years
old, on pregnant women, on women nursing their children under three years, on elderly
persons sixty years of age and over and on persons with mental disabilities at the time
when the offence was committed, when the court renders its decision, or when the
sentence is served by commuting the sentence to life imprisonment.
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.