The court may, when rendering a decision, also decide to impose a security period, during which Article 64 of this Code is not applicable, in cases where one of the following circumstances exists:
a) the criminal offence, the punishment of which is over five years;
b) the criminal offence has been committed in a cruel and brutal manner;
c) the offence has been committed against children, pregnant women or persons who, for various reasons, cannot be protected;
รง) the offence has been committed by taking advantage of family or cohabitation relationships;
d) the commission of the offence has been driven by motives related to gender, race, religion, nationality, language, political, religious or social beliefs.
The security period shall range between three-quarters of the sentence imposed by the court and entire duration of the criminal sentence.
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