Article 76
Punishment of concurrent criminal offenses
1. If a perpetrator, by one or more acts, commits several criminal offenses for which he or she is tried at the same time, the court shall first pronounce the punishment for each act and then impose an aggregate punishment for all of these acts.
2. The court shall impose an aggregate punishment in accordance with these rules:
2.1. if the court has imposed a punishment of life long imprisonment for one of the criminal offenses, it shall impose this punishment only;
2.2. if the court has imposed a punishment of imprisonment for each criminal offense, the aggregate punishment must be higher than each individual punishment but the aggregate punishment may not be as high as the sum of all prescribed punishments nor may it exceed a period of twenty five (25) years;
2.3. if the court has imposed a punishment of imprisonment of up to three (3) years for each criminal offense, the aggregate punishment of imprisonment may not exceed eight (8) years;
2.4. if the court has imposed a punishment of a fine for each criminal offense, the aggregate punishment of a fine is the total sum of all fines but it may not exceed the amount of twenty five thousand (25,000) EUR or, when one or more criminal offenses are committed with the intent to obtain a material benefit, the amount of five hundred thousand (500,000) EUR;
2.5. if the court has imposed a punishment of imprisonment for some criminal offenses, while for others it has pronounced a punishment of a fine, the court will impose an aggregate punishment of a fine and imprisonment, in accordance with sub-paragraphs 2.1. to 2.4. of this paragraph.
3. The court shall impose an accessory punishment if it has been pronounced for at least one of the criminal offenses, in accordance with sub-paragraph 2.4. of paragraph 2. of this Article.
Article 77
Punishment of criminal offense in continuation
1. Criminal offense in continuation is constituted of several same or similar offenses committed in a certain time period by the same perpetrator, and that are considered as a whole due to the existence of at least two (2) of the following conditions:
1.1. the same victim of the criminal offense;
1.2. the same object of the offense;
1.3. the taking advantage of the same situation or the same time relationship; 1.4. the same place or space of commission of the criminal offense; or
1.5. the same intent of the perpetrator.
2.Criminal offenses perpetrated against a person may be considered as criminal offenses in continuation only if they are committed against the same person.
3. Criminal offenses in continuation which, due to their nature cannot be joined in one offense, shall not be considered criminal offenses in continuation.
4.If the criminal offense in continuation includes both grievous and light form of the same offense, it is considered that the criminal offense in continuation has been committed in grave form.
5.If the criminal offense in continuation involves an element of a sum of money, the criminal offense in continuation shall be determined by the overall sum of all the individual offenses.
6. A criminal offense that was not included in the criminal offense in continuation with the final judgment of the court, but was discovered later, is considered as a separate criminal offense.