CRIMINAL ACT (PART I GENERAL PROVISIONS) [See entire ACT]
CHAPTER IV TERMS
- Article 83 (Computation of Period of Time)
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Terms fixed by year or month shall be calculated in accordance with the calendar.
- Article 84 (Computation of Term of Punishment)
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(1) Term of punishment shall be calculated from the day when the judgment becomes final.
(2) The number of days for which confinement is not enforced in case of imprisonment, imprisonment without prison labor, detention or lock-up shall not be counted in the term of punishment.
- Article 85 (First Day of Execution of Punishments and Period of Prescription)
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The first day of execution of punishments, or of term of prescription shall be reckoned as a full day regardless of the hour.
- Article 86 (Release Day)
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Release shall be effected on the day of completion of the term of punishment.
