years;
d) Seven years in the case of imprisonment of over fifteen years.
Article 65.- Criminal record remission by the court•s decision
1. The courts decide the criminal record remission for persons charged with crimes
defined in Chapter XI and Chapter XXIV of this Code, depending on the nature of
the committed offenses, their personal identification, their attitude towards law
observance and labor behavior of the convicted persons in the following cases:
a) They have been sentenced to imprisonment for up to three years without
committing new crimes within three years of completing their sentences or after the
expiry of the statute of limitation for the execution of the sentences;
b) They have been sentenced to imprisonment for between over three years and
fifteen years without committing new crimes within seven years of completing their
sentences or after the expiry of the statute of limitation for the execution of the
sentences;
c) They have been sentenced to imprisonment for over fifteen years without
committing new crimes within ten years of completing their sentences or the expiry
of the statute of limitation for execution of the sentences.
2. A person whose application for criminal record remission is rejected by the court
for the first time must wait one more year before making another application
therefor; if the application is rejected for the second time, he/she must wait for two
years before applying for the criminal record remission.
Article 66.- Criminal record remission in special cases
Where a convicted person shows signs of marked progress and has made good
achievements and is recommended for criminal record remission by the agency or
organization where he/she works or the administration of the locality where he/she
permanently resides, he/she may have his/her criminal record wiped out by the court
if such person has served at least one-third of their prescribed term.
Article 67.- Method of calculating time limit for criminal record remission
1. The time limit for criminal record remission stipulated in Article 64 and Article 65
of this Code shall be based on the principal penalty already declared.
2. If a person whose criminal record has not yet been expunged commits a new
crime, the time limit for remitting the previous criminal record shall be calculated
from the date of completely serving the new judgement.
3. The complete serving of a judgement shall cover the complete serving of the
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