Article 41
Punishment of life long imprisonment
1.The law may provide for the punishment of life long imprisonment for the most serious criminal offenses committed under especially aggravating circumstances or criminal offenses that have caused severe consequences.
2. The law shall not prescribe the punishment of life long imprisonment as the only principal punishment for a particular criminal offense.
3. Life long imprisonment cannot be imposed on a person who at the time of committing the criminal offense was under twenty one (21) years of age or on a person who at the time of committing the offense had substantially diminished mental capacity.
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.