www.hukumonline.com (2) It can be imposed for at most one year and four months in cases where, because of increment of sentence for reason of a conjunction of crimes, recidivism or the provision under article 52, the period of one year is exceeded. (3) It may under no circumstances exceed the term of one year and four months. Article 19 (1) The person sentenced to light imprisonment shall be obliged to perform the labour imposed upon him according to the provisions of implementation of article 29. (2) He shall be assigned a lighter labour than the person sentenced to imprisonment. Article 20 (1) A judicial verdict may determine that the person sentenced to imprisonment or light imprisonment of at most one month, be permitted by the Public Prosecutor to spend freely the hours after the work period. (2) If the sentenced person with respect to such decision, unless for reasons independent of his will, is not present at the stipulated time and the indicated place in order to perform the activities instructed to him, he shall further serve his sentence in the usual way. (3) The provision of the first paragraph shall not be applicable, if at the commitment of the act two years have not yet elapsed since the offender has served imprisonment or light imprisonment. Article 21 Light imprisonment shall be served in the area where the sentenced person lives or, in case he does not have a dwelling, stays at the time of the execution of the judicial verdict, unless at his request the Minister of Justice permits him to serve the sentence somewhere else. Article 22 (1) Light imprisonment which must be served by a sentenced person who serves a liberty sentence at an institution destined for the execution of an imprisonment, a light imprisonment, or both, may at his request immediately after termination of the liberty sentence be served at the same institution. (2) Light imprisonment hence served in an institution exclusively destined for imprisonment shall consequently not change its nature. Article 23 Any person sentenced to light imprisonment may at his own costs allow himself some improvement of his lot according to regulations to be further laid down by statute. Article 24 Persons sentenced to imprisonment and light imprisonment may be obliged to perform labour either indoors or outdoors of an institution destined for taking convicts. Article 25 7 / 117