crime. In this case, the court may rule committing him to one of the labor institutions for which a
presidential decree shall be issued concerning their establishment and organization and determining
the method of treating those committed to them. The defendant shall stay there until the Minister of
Justice orders releasing him upon the proposal of the institution's administration and the approval of
the Public Prosecution.
The period of commitment to such institutions shall not exceed six years in this case.
Article 53
If the recidivist had been sentenced to hard labor penalty, according to the provisions of Article 51
of this law, or by considering him a habitual offender, then within two years from the date of
releasing him he commits one of the crimes prescribed in this Article, the court shall rule
committing him to one of the labor institutions referred to in the previous Article until the Minister of
Justice orders releasing him upon the proposal of the Institution's administration and the approval
of the Public Prosecution.
The period of commitment to such institutions shall not exceed ten years in this case.
Article 54
The judge may - by virtue of the provision of Article 51 - pronounce a judgement against a recidivist
who had been sentenced for committing a crime of those prescribed in Articles 355, 356, 367 and
368, condemning him to two custodial penalties each for a period of at least one year, or three
custodial penalties including one for at least one or more years, then he/she is established to have
committed a crime of those prescribed in Articles 355 and 367 after he was last condemned to the
foregoing penalties.
Part 8
Conditional Execution of Rulings
Article 55
The court, in pronouncing a sentence in an offence or Misdemeanor condemning the defendant to a
fine punishment or detention for a period not exceeding one year, may order in the same ruling
order staying the execution of the penalty if it views in the character, past, or age of the convict, or
the conditions in which the crime was committed, indications driving the court to believe he/she