PENAL CODE of the Democratic Republic of Timor Leste Article 94. Duration 1. If the act committed by a person exempt from criminal liability is punishable with imprisonment not exceeding three years, internment shall have a maximum duration of one year. 2. If the act committed by a person exempt from criminal liability corresponds to a crime against persons or a crime of collective danger punishable with imprisonment equal to or exceeding 5 years, internment shall have a minimum duration of 3 years except if release of said person is deemed compatible with safeguarding of law and order and maintaining social peace. 3. If the act committed by a person exempt from criminal liability corresponds to a crime punishable with imprisonment exceeding 8 years and the danger of new acts of the same type being committed is so grave that release is not advisable, internment may be extended for successive periods of 2 years until such time when it is verified that the initial criminal danger has ceased to exist. 4. Internment may not exceed the maximum limit of the penalty applicable in the description of the crime that was committed by the person exempt from criminal liability. Article 95. Cessation of a measure 1. A measure ceases with the end of the state of criminal danger which originated it or, should such a danger to self and others remain unchanged, when the maximum duration limit of the measure is reached, except under circumstances described in subarticles 94.3 and 94.4. 2. Internment measures must be subject to review every 12 months. 3. The court may at any time review an internment decision should a justifiable cause for cessation of internment be submitted. Article 96. Substitution of the measure of internment 1. Internment as a measure may be substituted for probation or deportation from the country when applied to foreigners. 2. In the event of deportation from the country, provisions in article 87 are correspondingly applicable. Article 97. Probation 1. If the review referred to in article 95 above finds that there are reasons to believe that the purpose of the measure can be achieved at large, the court shall release the interned person on probation. 2. The period of probation shall be from a minimum of 2 years and a maximum of 5 years, and shall under no circumstances exceed the maximum limit provided for in article 94.4. 3. The decision to grant probation to an interned person entails rules of conduct that the person interned is obliged to follow, under terms corresponding to those described in article 70, aimed at preventing a situation of criminal danger, as well as the duty to submit to appropriate outpatient treatment and to examinations and observations at specified locations. 4. The perpetrator whose internment is suspended shall be placed under the ward and surveillance of social reintegration services. 5. If no motives exist to revoke the probation, once the probation period is over, the internment measure shall be declared void. 6. If, at the end of the probation period, another case or incident is found pending that could lead to its revocation, the measure shall be considered as concluded 28