Article 33
The manner of serving life imprisonment and ordinary imprisonment
Life imprisonment and [ordinary] imprisonment are served at special institutions set up specifically for this purpose.
The rules concerning the manner of serving the imprisonment sentence, the prisoners=s rights and duties are defined by law
Juveniles serve imprisonment sentences in institutions separated from those of the adults.
Women serve imprisonment sentences in institutions separated from those of men.

Article 34
Fines
Fines consist in paying to the state an amount of money within the range provided for by law.
Fines are imposed upon persons who commit an offence or a criminal contravention.
Persons who commit an offence are fined in the range of 10 thousand to 2 million leks.
Persons who commit a contravention are fined in the range of 5 thousand to 2 hundred thousand leks.
The fine must be payed within the deadline fixed by the court.
The court, while considering the economic status of the defendant, may allow him to pay his fine by installments, fixing their amount and the terms of the payment.
When the fine is not paid in due time, the court decides on replacing the fine with imprisonment, calculating 1 thousand leks per one day of imprisonment.
When the fine is imposed for an offence committed, its replacement with imprisonment cannot exceed three years, whereas when it is imposed for a criminal contravention, the replacement cannot exceed one year of imprisonment, but always without exceeding the maximum of imprisonment provided for by the relevant disposition
When the person convicted as above pays off his fine during the imprisonment term, the court revokes its sentence, making calculations according paragraph 7 of this Article.

Article 35
Deprivation of the right to work in the public service
Deprivation of the right to work in the state administration or in the public service is applied to persons who abused these offices and have committed an offence for which the court has decided a sentence of no shorter than ten years and deems that such right should be banned forever.
Deprivation of the right to work in the state administration or in the public service may also be imposed for a period of one to five years, when the court has sentenced for up to ten years of imprisonment.

Article 36
Confiscation of the means for committing the criminal act
Confiscation is necessarily decided by the court on persons committing criminal acts, and consists in the seizure and transfer in favor of the state of the means which have served or were chosen as a means to commit a criminal act, as well as the objects, money, and any other property resulting from the criminal act or the reward given or promised for its commitment.

Article 37
Ban on driving
Ban on driving is imposed by the court for a period within the range of one to five years, toward persons who have committed a criminal act, when it is deemed that it will have a preventive effect or is linked with the nature of the act committed.

Article 38
Stripping decorations and honorary titles
A person is stripped of decorations and honorary titles if he commits a criminal act punishable with imprisonment and it is deemed that maintaining them does not comply with the nature of the criminal act committed.
Stripping decorations and honorary titles shall be permanent if the person is sentenced for an offence for more than ten years of imprisonment, and shall endure from one to five years, if he is sentenced up to ten years of imprisonment.

Article 39
Deprivation of the right to exercise an activity or skill
The deprivation of the right to exercise an activity or skill prohibits the convicted to undertake the activity or skill for which a special permission, certificate, authorization, or licence has been granted by the competent authority.
Deprivation of the right to exercise an activity or skill shall endure from one month to five years and is a result of any punishment for criminal acts committed through abusing them.

Article 40
Deprivation of the right to undertake leading positions
Deprivation of the right to undertake leading positions within the context of juridical persons denies the convicted to exercise the duty of director, administrator, manager, liquidator, or perform any other duty relevant to the qualification of the representative of a juridical person.
Deprivation of the right to undertake leading positions within the context of a juridical person is a result of any punishment for criminal acts and is provided for a period of time ranging from one month to five years, when the convicted has abused his authority or has acted in violation of the rules and regulations related to his duty.

Article 41
Denial of the right to stay in one or more administrative units
The denial of the right to stay in one or more administrative units is decided by the court for a period of time ranging from one to five years, when it is deemed that the convicted's stay in those areas constitutes danger for the public security.

Article 42
Expulsion from the territory
Expulsion from the territory of the Republic of Albania is decided by the court toward a foreign citizen or person without nationality who commits an offence and it is deemed that his further stay in the territory of the Republic of Albania should no longer continue.
The court may revoke the decision through the request of the convicted, when the foreign citizen or the person without nationality gains Albanian citizenship.

Article 43
Publication of court sentences
The publication of the court sentence is decided by the court when it deems that the disclosure of the content of the sentence interests juridical and physical persons.
The publication of the court sentence consists of compelling the convicted to publish the court decision, with his own expenses, in one or some newspapers or RTV stations, in its entirety or partially, according to the ruling of the court.
The publication date and the length of time are decided by the court.
The press and mass media are obliged to publish the court sentences sent by the court.
The publication of court sentences is not granted when the divulgence of a state secret is threatened, the private life of people is violated or public moral is afflicted.

Article 44
The manner of serving supplementary punishments
If the court, in addition to the imprisonment punishment, sentences one or some supplementary punishments provided for in Article 30 of this Code, their implementation commences simultaneously.
As for the paragraphs 1, 3, 5, 6, 7 and 8 of Article 30 of this Code, their implementation commences after the completion of the imprisonment. The rights of the convicted afflicted by the supplementary punishments may not be enjoyed during the period of imprisonment.

Article 45
Criminal sanctions for juridical persons
If during judicial investigation the court proves that a juridical person exercises activity which constitutes criminal work, it may rule:
The total or partial cessation of the activity and the confiscation of the earnings, means and every other property resulted from that activity.

Article 46
Medical and educational sanctions
Medical sanctions may be decided by the court toward irresponsible persons who have committed criminal activity, whereas educational sanctions may be decided toward minors who are excluded from punishment or, because of their age, do not bear criminal responsibility.
Medical sanctions are the following:
1. Compulsory medical treatment in a ambulatory;
2. Compulsory medical treatment in a medical institution.
Educational sanctions are the following:
1. Placement of a minor in an institution for education.
The court can revoke at any time the sentence on medical or educational sanctions if the circumstances under which they were taken cease to exist, but, in any case, the courtis obliged ex officio to reconsider its decision after one year from the date of the court sentence.
The rules relevant to revoking the court sentence which contained medical and educative sanctions are provided for in the Code of Criminal Procedure.

CHAPTER VI
DETERMINATION OF PUNISHMENT
Article 47
Determination of punishment
The court determines the punishment in compliance with the provisions of the general part of this code and the limits of punishment on criminal acts provided for by law.
In determining the range of punishment against a person the court considers the dangerousness of the criminal act, the dangerousness of the person who committed the act, the level of guilt, as well as both mitigating and aggravating circumstances.
Article 48
Mitigating circumstances
The following circumstances mitigate the punishment:
a) When the act is committed due to positive moral and social values;
b) When the act is committed under the effect of psychiatric disorder caused by provocation or unfair acts of the victim or some other person;
c) When the act is committed under the influence of wrong actions or instructions of a superior;
d) When the person who has committed the act shows deep repentance;
e) When the person has compensated for the damage caused by the criminal act or has actively helped to eliminate or decrease its consequences;
f) When the person gives himself over to the competent authorities after committing the criminal act;
g) When the relationship between the offender and the victim has improved to normality.

Article 49
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Regardless the circumstances mentioned in Article 48 of this Code, the court may also consider other circumstances as long as it deems them as such to justify the lowering of the sentence.

Article 50
Aggravating circumstances
The following circumstances aggravate the punishment:
a) When the act committed is based upon weak motives;
b) When the act is committed for the purpose of making responsible or hiding the criminal responsibility of a third person, or for avoiding the sentencing for another criminal act;
c) When the criminal act is committed savagely and ruthlessly;
d) When an offence is committed after a sentence was decided for a previous offence;
e) When actions which aggravate or increase the consequences of a criminal act are committed;
f) When the act is committed by abusing duties which derive from a state or religious function or service;
g) When the act is committed against children, pregnant women, or other people who, for different reasons, cannot protect themselves;
h) When the act is directed against representatives of other states;
i) When the act is committed by taking advantage of family, friendship, or hospitable relations.
j) When the act is committed in collusion.

Article 51
Imprisonment sentencing of minors
For minors, who at the time when they committed the criminal act were under 18 years old, the imprisonment sentence may not exceed half of the term of punishment provided for by law for the criminal act committed.

Article 52
Excluding minors from punishment
The court, considering the irrelevant dangerousness of the criminal act, estimating the concrete circumstances under which it was committed, and the previous behavior of the minor, may exclude him from punishment.
In this case the court may decide to place the minor to an educational institution.

Article 53
Sentencing under the minimum provided for by law
In special cases, when the court deems that both the act and the person who committed it are of irrelevant dangerousness and there exist mitigating circumstances, the court may sentence under the minimum or may decide a punishment milder than the one provided for in the respective provision.

Article 54
Accepting to pay the fine
As concerns criminal contravention for which, besides the fine, an imprisonment sentence is also provided, the court, upon the request of the person who committed the criminal contravention, may decide to accept his lump sum payment in favor of the state budget, equal to half of the maximum fine provided for criminal contravention by the General Part of this Code.
The request may be presented at any stage of the trial proceedings before the final sentence [at the court] of first instance.
When the court rejects such a request, it sentences [the defendant] for the act committed.
The request is not accepted for persons previously convicted also for criminal contravention.

Article 55
Sentencing for more than one criminal act
When actions or non-actions contain elements from more than one criminal act, and when the person has committed more than one criminal act for which no sentence has been given, the court sentences first every criminal act separately, giving a single sentence at the end, which consists of the heavier added sentence.
The heavier added sentence may exceed neither the total sum of the punishments determined separately nor the maximum provided for the type of the sentence given.
When the court deems that committing more than one crime does not demonstrate serious dangerousness of defendant, it may give as a final sentence the heaviest punishment provided for one of the criminal acts.
In giving its final decision, the court sentences one or more than one of the supplementary punishments given separately for each particular crime.