GENERAL PART
CHAPTER IX
SENTENCING

Cumulative Sentences

Section 81
(1) In case of multiple counts of offenses a single cumulative sentence shall be imposed.
(2) The penalty shall be imposed based on the types of punishment and according to the most severe one prescribed for the gravest of the multiple offenses to which it pertains.
(3) If, in respect of a multiple count of charges, at least two is punishable by a fixed-term imprisonment, the upper limit of the applicable punishment shall be increased by one-half of the maximum penalty prescribed, however, it may not reach the total duration of the maximum sentences established for such criminal acts.
(4) If, in respect of multiple counts of charges, at least three counts constitute violent crimes against persons committed at different times, the upper limit of the applicable penalty set out in Subsection (2) shall be doubled. If the upper limit of the applicable penalty increased as per the above would exceed twenty years, or if either of the said criminal offenses in the multiple counts carry a maximum sentence of life imprisonment, the perpetrator in question must be sentenced to life imprisonment. However, where this is permitted under the General Part of this Act, the penalty may be reduced without limitation.
(5) The additional penalty may not exceed the highest measure or duration prescribed in this Act in the case of cumulative sentences.

GENERAL PART
CHAPTER IX
SENTENCING

Merger of Sentences

Section 93
(1) If the perpetrator is sentenced to more than one fixed-term imprisonment, the sentences imposed in a final judgment shall be included - in accordance with the relevant legislation - in a single sentence if the defendant has committed all crimes prior to the date when the first judgment was delivered.
(2) Merger may include sentences for executable terms of imprisonment, that were still pending at the time when ordering the merger of sentences, or which are being served consecutively.
(3) Where a suspended sentence is to be carried out subsequently, for the purposes of merger it shall be hereinafter treated as an executable term of imprisonment.
(4) The following may not be merged:
a) sentences which have been merged previously;
b) terms of imprisonment substituting a fine or community service work.

GENERAL PART
CHAPTER IX
SENTENCING

Section 95

(1) In the case of the merger of offenses for which imprisonment is imposed to be executed in different degrees, the merged sentences shall be carried out in the most severe degree. However, if the term of imprisonment imposed in a merger of sentences is for three years or more, or, in case of a repeat offender, two or more years, the merged sentence shall be carried out in the degree determined accordingly.

(2) If the degree of execution to be established under Subsection (1) would constitute an unreasonable disadvantage for the convicted perpetrator, a lesser degree may be authorized.